Triple
T2887935
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harriet Lane |
E59550
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Buchanan Johnston
James Buchanan Johnston was the adopted son and ward of Harriet Lane, the niece and de facto First Lady of U.S. President James Buchanan.
|
E311187
|
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: James Buchanan Johnston | Statement: [Harriet Lane, child, James Buchanan Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Johnston Context triple: [Harriet Lane, child, James Buchanan Johnston]
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A.
Zachary Taylor Davis
Zachary Taylor Davis was an American architect best known for designing iconic early 20th-century baseball parks, including Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
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B.
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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C.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and Confederate veteran who later served as a U.S. congressman, senator, cabinet member, and Supreme Court justice noted for his efforts at national reconciliation after the Civil War.
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D.
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Andrew Jackson Donelson was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and nephew and namesake of President Andrew Jackson who served as U.S. minister to several European countries and ran for vice president in the 1856 election.
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E.
Joseph Twichell House
The Joseph Twichell House is a historic residence in Hartford, Connecticut, associated with Reverend Joseph Twichell, a close friend of Mark Twain and a notable figure in the Nook Farm literary community.
- 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: James Buchanan Johnston Triple: [Harriet Lane, child, James Buchanan Johnston]
Generated description
James Buchanan Johnston was the adopted son and ward of Harriet Lane, the niece and de facto First Lady of U.S. President James Buchanan.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Buchanan Johnston Target entity description: James Buchanan Johnston was the adopted son and ward of Harriet Lane, the niece and de facto First Lady of U.S. President James Buchanan.
-
A.
Zachary Taylor Davis
Zachary Taylor Davis was an American architect best known for designing iconic early 20th-century baseball parks, including Chicago’s Wrigley Field.
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B.
Franklin Buchanan
Franklin Buchanan was a prominent 19th-century American naval officer who became the Confederacy’s most famous admiral, best known for commanding the ironclad CSS Virginia during the American Civil War.
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C.
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and Confederate veteran who later served as a U.S. congressman, senator, cabinet member, and Supreme Court justice noted for his efforts at national reconciliation after the Civil War.
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D.
Andrew Jackson Donelson
Andrew Jackson Donelson was a 19th-century American politician, diplomat, and nephew and namesake of President Andrew Jackson who served as U.S. minister to several European countries and ran for vice president in the 1856 election.
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E.
Joseph Twichell House
The Joseph Twichell House is a historic residence in Hartford, Connecticut, associated with Reverend Joseph Twichell, a close friend of Mark Twain and a notable figure in the Nook Farm literary community.
- 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_69ab4ac739188190a112f42a5a69c951 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe047aa7c8190a0ed570c13f3a1a2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b0864dc2fc8190bfc946ae454611c6 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 8:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0c36599788190b10bbd15d6c1fc6b |
completed | March 11, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0c3ca9f18819086b22d0bad79ff68 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.