Triple

T21553869
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Claflin E531833 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Adams Davenport Claflin
Adams Davenport Claflin was a member of the prominent Claflin family of Massachusetts, known primarily as a son of politician and industrialist William Claflin.
E1493030 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Adams Davenport Claflin | Statement: [William Claflin, child, Adams Davenport Claflin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adams Davenport Claflin
Context triple: [William Claflin, child, Adams Davenport Claflin]
  • A. James G. Birney
    James G. Birney was a 19th-century American abolitionist, politician, and former slaveholder who became a leading anti-slavery advocate and presidential candidate.
  • B. Persifor F. Smith
    Persifor F. Smith was a 19th-century United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and later became a key military administrator in newly acquired western territories.
  • C. Asa C. Adams
    Asa C. Adams was an individual significant enough to his community—likely as an educator, civic leader, or benefactor—that a local elementary school was named in his honor.
  • D. John F. A. Sanford
    John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • E. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Adams Davenport Claflin
Triple: [William Claflin, child, Adams Davenport Claflin]
Generated description
Adams Davenport Claflin was a member of the prominent Claflin family of Massachusetts, known primarily as a son of politician and industrialist William Claflin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Adams Davenport Claflin
Target entity description: Adams Davenport Claflin was a member of the prominent Claflin family of Massachusetts, known primarily as a son of politician and industrialist William Claflin.
  • A. James G. Birney
    James G. Birney was a 19th-century American abolitionist, politician, and former slaveholder who became a leading anti-slavery advocate and presidential candidate.
  • B. Persifor F. Smith
    Persifor F. Smith was a 19th-century United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War and later became a key military administrator in newly acquired western territories.
  • C. Asa C. Adams
    Asa C. Adams was an individual significant enough to his community—likely as an educator, civic leader, or benefactor—that a local elementary school was named in his honor.
  • D. John F. A. Sanford
    John F. A. Sanford was a 19th-century American businessman and slave owner best known as the defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford.
  • E. Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds was an American actor and former lawyer best known for his supporting roles in classic 1930s and 1940s Hollywood films, including "It's a Wonderful Life."
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69e0c460232c81908de2c3819d17c00e completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69eed2de1c248190b303a4a55b022374 completed April 27, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09fd260d2c819081fb9c1dd38e13da completed May 17, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fe51add4819099fc844931839dea completed May 17, 2026, 5:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09fef4abe48190b6eac6d14aadd110 completed May 17, 2026, 5:46 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:29 p.m.