Triple
T2272859
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | De Witt |
E50699
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Simeon De Witt
Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
|
E250854
|
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: Simeon De Witt | Statement: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Simeon De Witt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simeon De Witt Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Simeon De Witt]
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A.
William Samuel Johnson
William Samuel Johnson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and statesman who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as a U.S. senator from Connecticut.
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B.
Nicholas Herkimer
Nicholas Herkimer was an American Revolutionary War militia general from New York, best known for leading colonial forces at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777.
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C.
Abraham Van Brunt
Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
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D.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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E.
George S. Clinton
George S. Clinton is an American composer best known for his work on film scores, particularly for the Austin Powers comedy series.
- 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: Simeon De Witt Triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Simeon De Witt]
Generated description
Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simeon De Witt Target entity description: Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
-
A.
William Samuel Johnson
William Samuel Johnson was an American Founding Father, lawyer, and statesman who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as a U.S. senator from Connecticut.
-
B.
Nicholas Herkimer
Nicholas Herkimer was an American Revolutionary War militia general from New York, best known for leading colonial forces at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777.
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C.
Abraham Van Brunt
Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
-
D.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
-
E.
George S. Clinton
George S. Clinton is an American composer best known for his work on film scores, particularly for the Austin Powers comedy series.
- 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc1e872448190a1d6c6071b2a294b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae71ddc66c81909525394a8b2bb4e0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ba1a988190ba59d3ce5e5c39a8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae76246f6c81909a15262d2c4ea975 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.