Triple

T2332840
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Texas and Pacific Railway E44241 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John C. Brown
John C. Brown was an American railroad executive best known for his role in establishing and developing the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 19th century.
 E524491 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 C. Brown | Statement: [Texas and Pacific Railway, foundedBy, John C. Brown]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Brown
Context triple: [Texas and Pacific Railway, foundedBy, John C. Brown]
  • A. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown is a political figure who served as Governor of California and resided in the California Governor's Mansion during his tenure.
  • B. Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
  • C. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • D. George T. Brown
    George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
  • E. Henry J. F. Brown
    Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
  • 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 C. Brown
Triple: [Texas and Pacific Railway, foundedBy, John C. Brown]
Generated description
John C. Brown was an American railroad executive best known for his role in establishing and developing the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John C. Brown
Target entity description: John C. Brown was an American railroad executive best known for his role in establishing and developing the Texas and Pacific Railway in the 19th century.
  • A. John C. Brown
    John C. Brown is a political figure who served as Governor of California and resided in the California Governor's Mansion during his tenure.
  • B. Mordecai Brown
    Mordecai Brown was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, nicknamed "Three Finger," renowned for his exceptional control and success with the Chicago Cubs in the early 20th century.
  • C. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • D. George T. Brown
    George T. Brown was an American businessman best known as a founder of the Brown & Williamson tobacco company, which became one of the major U.S. cigarette manufacturers.
  • E. Henry J. F. Brown
    Henry J. F. Brown was a naval officer who played a commanding role in the World War II Battle of Narvik.
  • 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_69a889132b488190bbb43ad4780ddd92 completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc66bd0f08190aad5f640cfa1c372 completed March 7, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf70b4a5388190935a308e883dfe13 completed March 22, 2026, 4:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf72ee455c8190a607e44e7c9e5633 completed March 22, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf7338bca481908f93f9f21cc544e2 completed March 22, 2026, 4:42 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:51 p.m.