Triple
T21893712
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John B. Floyd |
E540620
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Buchanan Floyd
John Buchanan Floyd was an American politician who served as governor of Virginia and later as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan before becoming a Confederate general during the Civil War.
|
E1507952
|
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: John Buchanan Floyd | Statement: [John B. Floyd, fullName, John Buchanan Floyd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Buchanan Floyd Context triple: [John B. Floyd, fullName, John Buchanan Floyd]
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A.
George Seward
George Seward is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the Seward surname, with no widely recognized historical or cultural prominence.
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B.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Samuel K. Barlow
Samuel K. Barlow was a 19th-century American pioneer best known for establishing the Barlow Road, a crucial overland route that provided settlers an alternative to the Columbia River segment of the Oregon Trail.
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D.
Thomas G. Carpenter
Thomas G. Carpenter was an American academic administrator best known as the founding president of the University of North Florida.
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E.
Samuel Pierpont
Samuel Pierpont was a member of the prominent Pierpont family, likely known in relation to his father, the American composer and songwriter James Pierpont.
- 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: John Buchanan Floyd Triple: [John B. Floyd, fullName, John Buchanan Floyd]
Generated description
John Buchanan Floyd was an American politician who served as governor of Virginia and later as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan before becoming a Confederate general during the Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Buchanan Floyd Target entity description: John Buchanan Floyd was an American politician who served as governor of Virginia and later as U.S. Secretary of War under President James Buchanan before becoming a Confederate general during the Civil War.
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A.
George Seward
George Seward is a relatively obscure individual whose primary noted distinction is sharing the Seward surname, with no widely recognized historical or cultural prominence.
-
B.
Samuel L. M. Barlow
Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
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C.
Samuel K. Barlow
Samuel K. Barlow was a 19th-century American pioneer best known for establishing the Barlow Road, a crucial overland route that provided settlers an alternative to the Columbia River segment of the Oregon Trail.
-
D.
Thomas G. Carpenter
Thomas G. Carpenter was an American academic administrator best known as the founding president of the University of North Florida.
-
E.
Samuel Pierpont
Samuel Pierpont was a member of the prominent Pierpont family, likely known in relation to his father, the American composer and songwriter James Pierpont.
- 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_69e0c47a95908190ae3e19b716accb3d |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f11fc539708190a42f202e7404a213 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 8:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a5a01479081908b7fa484fd93a9b8 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a5a967d28819084a37207e17d4f68 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:17 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a5b24f6708190bfe903dceb0e9210 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 12:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:07 p.m.