Triple

T2588928
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Railway Union E58071 entity
Predicate keyPerson P256 FINISHED
Object George W. Howard
George W. Howard was a prominent American labor leader and organizer associated with the American Railway Union during the late 19th century.
E451378 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: George W. Howard | Statement: [American Railway Union, keyPerson, George W. Howard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George W. Howard
Context triple: [American Railway Union, keyPerson, George W. Howard]
  • A. Benjamin C. Howard
    Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • E. Joseph H. August
    Joseph H. August was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in early Hollywood, particularly on classic adventure and Western films.
  • 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: George W. Howard
Triple: [American Railway Union, keyPerson, George W. Howard]
Generated description
George W. Howard was a prominent American labor leader and organizer associated with the American Railway Union during the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George W. Howard
Target entity description: George W. Howard was a prominent American labor leader and organizer associated with the American Railway Union during the late 19th century.
  • A. Benjamin C. Howard
    Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Floyd E. Kellam
    Floyd E. Kellam was a prominent local figure in Virginia Beach, likely a civic leader or educator, for whom Kellam High School was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • E. Joseph H. August
    Joseph H. August was an American cinematographer known for his influential work in early Hollywood, particularly on classic adventure and Western films.
  • 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_69ab4ac019c8819094add11c46706e32 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd3fd1d608190a0cf0d12a9e6ce59 completed March 7, 2026, 7:30 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdb8d89e248190a9cd92e9f61697f8 completed March 20, 2026, 9:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdbe7657c08190a1dfb6afadd27cc7 completed March 20, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdbed900b48190b8f41dc306dfed48 completed March 20, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:49 p.m.