Triple
T2620199
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John McShain |
E58988
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entity |
| Predicate | knownAs |
P39
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The Man Who Built Washington
The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
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E284047
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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: The Man Who Built Washington | Statement: [John McShain, knownAs, The Man Who Built Washington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Built Washington Context triple: [John McShain, knownAs, The Man Who Built Washington]
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A.
The Life of George Washington
The Life of George Washington is a multi-volume 19th-century biography by Washington Irving that chronicles the life, military career, and presidency of the first U.S. president.
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B.
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days refers to the pivotal winter campaign of the American Revolutionary War, during which George Washington led a series of surprise attacks and maneuvers that revitalized the Continental Army and turned the tide of the conflict.
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C.
City of Presidents
City of Presidents is the nickname of Quincy, Massachusetts, a historic New England city best known as the birthplace of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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D.
The Living Jefferson
The Living Jefferson is a biographical work by historian James Truslow Adams that explores the life, character, and political thought of Thomas Jefferson.
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E.
Herndon’s Lincoln
Herndon’s Lincoln is a landmark 19th-century biography of Abraham Lincoln, based on the recollections and research of Lincoln’s longtime law partner William Herndon.
- 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: The Man Who Built Washington Triple: [John McShain, knownAs, The Man Who Built Washington]
Generated description
The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Man Who Built Washington Target entity description: The Man Who Built Washington is the nickname of American building contractor John McShain, renowned for constructing and renovating many of Washington, D.C.’s most iconic federal buildings and monuments.
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A.
The Life of George Washington
The Life of George Washington is a multi-volume 19th-century biography by Washington Irving that chronicles the life, military career, and presidency of the first U.S. president.
-
B.
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days
Washington’s Ten Crucial Days refers to the pivotal winter campaign of the American Revolutionary War, during which George Washington led a series of surprise attacks and maneuvers that revitalized the Continental Army and turned the tide of the conflict.
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C.
City of Presidents
City of Presidents is the nickname of Quincy, Massachusetts, a historic New England city best known as the birthplace of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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D.
The Living Jefferson
The Living Jefferson is a biographical work by historian James Truslow Adams that explores the life, character, and political thought of Thomas Jefferson.
-
E.
Herndon’s Lincoln
Herndon’s Lincoln is a landmark 19th-century biography of Abraham Lincoln, based on the recollections and research of Lincoln’s longtime law partner William Herndon.
- 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_69ab4ac444dc819099614e534dd6021f |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abd897acb481909a976b70304cc30e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69af908ec0cc8190ab8feb8f237eac4b |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69af91a3b4588190acfb360dac6e5ce0 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:36 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69af920b7fcc8190b5a34c7c626a1c5d |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.