Triple

T22085341
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brannan E545756 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Samuel Brannan
Samuel Brannan was a 19th-century American settler, businessman, and journalist best known for publicizing the California Gold Rush and becoming one of its first millionaires.
E1517308 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: Samuel Brannan | Statement: [Brannan, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Brannan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Brannan
Context triple: [Brannan, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Brannan]
  • A. Lansford Hastings
    Lansford Hastings was a 19th-century American lawyer and author whose promotion of the ill-fated Hastings Cutoff route to California contributed to the Donner Party disaster.
  • B. John O. Meusebach
    John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
  • C. William H. Bonney
    William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
  • D. Zebulon Crocker
    Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
  • E. Jim Bridger
    Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
  • 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: Samuel Brannan
Triple: [Brannan, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Brannan]
Generated description
Samuel Brannan was a 19th-century American settler, businessman, and journalist best known for publicizing the California Gold Rush and becoming one of its first millionaires.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Brannan
Target entity description: Samuel Brannan was a 19th-century American settler, businessman, and journalist best known for publicizing the California Gold Rush and becoming one of its first millionaires.
  • A. Lansford Hastings
    Lansford Hastings was a 19th-century American lawyer and author whose promotion of the ill-fated Hastings Cutoff route to California contributed to the Donner Party disaster.
  • B. John O. Meusebach
    John O. Meusebach was a 19th-century German-Texan statesman and colonizer best known for leading German immigration to Texas and negotiating a lasting peace treaty with the Comanche.
  • C. William H. Bonney
    William H. Bonney is the real name of Billy the Kid, the infamous 19th-century American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West.
  • D. Zebulon Crocker
    Zebulon Crocker was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and author known for his writings on church polity and religious controversy.
  • E. Jim Bridger
    Jim Bridger was a famed 19th-century American mountain man, explorer, and fur trapper known for his extensive knowledge of the Western frontier.
  • 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_69e11e3523488190badd54b5d580c00d completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f128ba24ac819082fc4aa274553481 completed April 28, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a80bd85708190ba4217a96588a52a completed May 18, 2026, 3 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a8165238c81909f53f0c96ceda4dc completed May 18, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a826075988190a7148ded16f779c0 completed May 18, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:29 p.m.