Triple

T23395751
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Harry Payne Whitney E559352 entity
Predicate notableRelative P367 FINISHED
Object William C. Whitney
William C. Whitney was a prominent American political leader and financier who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland and became influential in New York’s Democratic Party and business circles in the late 19th century.
E1589611 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: William C. Whitney | Statement: [Harry Payne Whitney, notableRelative, William C. Whitney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Whitney
Context triple: [Harry Payne Whitney, notableRelative, William C. Whitney]
  • A. Stowell E. Whitney
    Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
  • B. Henry A. Walke
    Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
  • C. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • D. Henry H. Crocker
    Henry H. Crocker was an American Union Army officer during the Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his acts of bravery in combat.
  • E. Francis P. W. Palmer
    Francis P. W. Palmer was a 19th-century American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
  • 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: William C. Whitney
Triple: [Harry Payne Whitney, notableRelative, William C. Whitney]
Generated description
William C. Whitney was a prominent American political leader and financier who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland and became influential in New York’s Democratic Party and business circles in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Whitney
Target entity description: William C. Whitney was a prominent American political leader and financier who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland and became influential in New York’s Democratic Party and business circles in the late 19th century.
  • A. Stowell E. Whitney
    Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
  • B. Henry A. Walke
    Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
  • C. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • D. Henry H. Crocker
    Henry H. Crocker was an American Union Army officer during the Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his acts of bravery in combat.
  • E. Francis P. W. Palmer
    Francis P. W. Palmer was a 19th-century American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a U.S. Representative from New York.
  • 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_69e24549610c8190a069d6411ce5f661 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a4db1c888190ace5d58bcc8645c1 completed April 29, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c8241fd2c8190a4eb3f2d9810ca3e completed May 19, 2026, 3:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ca6eee2f48190b4e03039c4c96abe completed May 19, 2026, 6:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ca819f6dc8190852bb3c06768ac5a completed May 19, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:36 p.m.