Triple

T21737013
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blackstone E536550 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Blackstone (settler)
William Blackstone was an early English settler and Anglican clergyman known as the first European inhabitant of what became Boston and later an early pioneer of Rhode Island.
E1500032 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: William Blackstone (settler) | Statement: [Blackstone, hasNotableBearer, William Blackstone (settler)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackstone (settler)
Context triple: [Blackstone, hasNotableBearer, William Blackstone (settler)]
  • A. John Oldham (settler)
    John Oldham (settler) was an early 17th-century English colonist in New England known for his role in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and for his death, which helped spark the Pequot War.
  • B. Stephen Wilkinson
    Stephen Wilkinson is a British conductor and choral director known for his influential work with the BBC Northern Singers and contributions to choral music in the 20th century.
  • C. Richard Smith (settler)
    Richard Smith (settler) was an early colonial landowner and founder associated with the establishment of what became Smithtown in present-day Long Island, New York.
  • D. John Banister
    John Banister was an American lawyer, planter, and patriot who served as a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • E. Isaac Boone
    Isaac Boone is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Boone surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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: William Blackstone (settler)
Triple: [Blackstone, hasNotableBearer, William Blackstone (settler)]
Generated description
William Blackstone was an early English settler and Anglican clergyman known as the first European inhabitant of what became Boston and later an early pioneer of Rhode Island.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackstone (settler)
Target entity description: William Blackstone was an early English settler and Anglican clergyman known as the first European inhabitant of what became Boston and later an early pioneer of Rhode Island.
  • A. John Oldham (settler)
    John Oldham (settler) was an early 17th-century English colonist in New England known for his role in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and for his death, which helped spark the Pequot War.
  • B. Stephen Wilkinson
    Stephen Wilkinson is a British conductor and choral director known for his influential work with the BBC Northern Singers and contributions to choral music in the 20th century.
  • C. Richard Smith (settler)
    Richard Smith (settler) was an early colonial landowner and founder associated with the establishment of what became Smithtown in present-day Long Island, New York.
  • D. John Banister
    John Banister was an American lawyer, planter, and patriot who served as a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary era.
  • E. Isaac Boone
    Isaac Boone is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the Boone surname, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
  • 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_69e0c46df5448190b4322127ffc4c690 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69effd0d33dc81908a4a79abc33355d1 completed April 28, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a2ed417ec8190b2e5eeb991befdc6 completed May 17, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a30b9aacc81909cf21733592cd462 completed May 17, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a31892d108190923bdd02190bef08 completed May 17, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:49 p.m.