Triple
T2240496
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harry Elkins Widener |
E49383
|
entity |
| Predicate | grandfather |
P979
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Peter Arrell Browne Widener
Peter Arrell Browne Widener was a prominent American businessman and art collector who amassed a fortune in streetcar and meatpacking enterprises and became one of the wealthiest men of the Gilded Age.
|
E252197
|
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: Peter Arrell Browne Widener | Statement: [Harry Elkins Widener, grandfather, Peter Arrell Browne Widener]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Arrell Browne Widener Context triple: [Harry Elkins Widener, grandfather, Peter Arrell Browne Widener]
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A.
George Dunton Widener
George Dunton Widener was a wealthy American businessman and prominent member of the Philadelphia Widener family who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
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B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
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C.
Richard B. Mellon
Richard B. Mellon was an American banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon family who played a major role in early 20th-century finance and industry.
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D.
Peter G. Peterson
Peter G. Peterson was an American businessman, investment banker, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Blackstone and a prominent advocate for fiscal responsibility.
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E.
Daniel Wadsworth
Daniel Wadsworth was a prominent American art patron and philanthropist best known for founding the Wadsworth Atheneum, one of the first public art museums in the United States.
- 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: Peter Arrell Browne Widener Triple: [Harry Elkins Widener, grandfather, Peter Arrell Browne Widener]
Generated description
Peter Arrell Browne Widener was a prominent American businessman and art collector who amassed a fortune in streetcar and meatpacking enterprises and became one of the wealthiest men of the Gilded Age.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Peter Arrell Browne Widener Target entity description: Peter Arrell Browne Widener was a prominent American businessman and art collector who amassed a fortune in streetcar and meatpacking enterprises and became one of the wealthiest men of the Gilded Age.
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A.
George Dunton Widener
George Dunton Widener was a wealthy American businessman and prominent member of the Philadelphia Widener family who perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
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B.
Andrew W. Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon was an American financier, industrialist, and philanthropist who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and became a major patron of the arts.
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C.
Richard B. Mellon
Richard B. Mellon was an American banker, industrialist, and philanthropist from the prominent Mellon family who played a major role in early 20th-century finance and industry.
-
D.
Peter G. Peterson
Peter G. Peterson was an American businessman, investment banker, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce best known as a co-founder of the private equity firm Blackstone and a prominent advocate for fiscal responsibility.
-
E.
Daniel Wadsworth
Daniel Wadsworth was a prominent American art patron and philanthropist best known for founding the Wadsworth Atheneum, one of the first public art museums in the United States.
- 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_69a88aa84bdc819086df50e9c20b301e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc0bccf688190bd10202a62fdf34e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7f0361d08190922d21c89d32c869 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7fc194488190bb71124f0225a521 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae802d03648190a71303daf20e6162 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.