Triple
T21737013
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Blackstone |
E536550
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Blackstone (settler) |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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)]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 (2 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. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:49 p.m.