Triple

T219892
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vanderbilt family E4189 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
E44821 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: Cornelius Vanderbilt II | Statement: [Vanderbilt family, notableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt II]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Context triple: [Vanderbilt family, notableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt II]
  • A. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • B. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • C. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • D. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
    John D. Rockefeller Jr. was an American financier and philanthropist who greatly expanded the Rockefeller family’s business and charitable legacy, funding major institutions such as Rockefeller Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.
  • E. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • 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: Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Triple: [Vanderbilt family, notableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt II]
Generated description
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Target entity description: Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
  • A. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • B. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • C. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • D. John D. Rockefeller Jr.
    John D. Rockefeller Jr. was an American financier and philanthropist who greatly expanded the Rockefeller family’s business and charitable legacy, funding major institutions such as Rockefeller Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.
  • E. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • 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_69a2573508588190b522c2476d91acfe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c6d0fa08190810139b14f4851bc completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3dd2a946881909c7a53f3c712e0e3 completed March 1, 2026, 6:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3de184c4c8190a9d6c21967618efc completed March 1, 2026, 6:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3df0cc8708190991731415d28d96b completed March 1, 2026, 6:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.