Triple

T2641890
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cliveden House E62885 entity
Predicate purchasedBy P347 FINISHED
Object William Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.
 E304839 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 Waldorf Astor | Statement: [Cliveden House, purchasedBy, William Waldorf Astor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Waldorf Astor
Context triple: [Cliveden House, purchasedBy, William Waldorf Astor]
  • A. William Backhouse Astor Jr.
    William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
  • B. William Backhouse Astor Sr.
    William Backhouse Astor Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and real estate magnate who greatly expanded the Astor family fortune and influence.
  • C. Vincent Astor
    Vincent Astor was an American businessman, philanthropist, and heir to the Astor family fortune who became one of the wealthiest men of his era and a prominent New York society figure.
  • D. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • E. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • 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 Waldorf Astor
Triple: [Cliveden House, purchasedBy, William Waldorf Astor]
Generated description
William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Waldorf Astor
Target entity description: William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.
  • A. William Backhouse Astor Jr.
    William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
  • B. William Backhouse Astor Sr.
    William Backhouse Astor Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and real estate magnate who greatly expanded the Astor family fortune and influence.
  • C. Vincent Astor
    Vincent Astor was an American businessman, philanthropist, and heir to the Astor family fortune who became one of the wealthiest men of his era and a prominent New York society figure.
  • D. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • E. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • 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_69ab4c3f2dcc819082df80f5e032f690 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8fdc0bc8190b7fd102b87ee50d1 completed March 7, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01d3d6a54819090068ef1807ca921 completed March 10, 2026, 1:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b01f73ff708190924f6e12d5688cc7 completed March 10, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b020fe69b881909b576a5321126a7c completed March 10, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:53 p.m.