Triple
T2948608
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Owens River |
E79562
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalPeopleAssociated |
P26467
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Mulholland
William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.
|
E313160
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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 Mulholland | Statement: [Owens River, historicalPeopleAssociated, William Mulholland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mulholland Context triple: [Owens River, historicalPeopleAssociated, William Mulholland]
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A.
James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow was a prominent early 20th-century Boston businessman and civic leader known for his influential role in the city’s public works and urban development.
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B.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
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C.
John Frank Stevens
John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
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D.
Robert Moses
Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.
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E.
George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals was a U.S. Army engineer and administrator best known for overseeing the construction and early operation of the Panama Canal.
- 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 Mulholland Triple: [Owens River, historicalPeopleAssociated, William Mulholland]
Generated description
William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mulholland Target entity description: William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.
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A.
James J. Storrow
James J. Storrow was a prominent early 20th-century Boston businessman and civic leader known for his influential role in the city’s public works and urban development.
-
B.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
John Frank Stevens
John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
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D.
Robert Moses
Robert Moses was a powerful and controversial New York urban planner whose extensive highway, bridge, and park projects reshaped the city and its surrounding region in the mid-20th century.
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E.
George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals was a U.S. Army engineer and administrator best known for overseeing the construction and early operation of the Panama Canal.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: historicalPeopleAssociated Context triple: [Owens River, historicalPeopleAssociated, William Mulholland]
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A.
historicalFigureAssociated
chosen
Indicates that there is a notable connection or linkage between an entity and a historical figure, such as influence, collaboration, representation, or involvement in the figure’s life or legacy.
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B.
historicalPeople
Indicates that the related entities are people who lived in or are associated with a past historical period or context.
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C.
historicalFigure
Indicates that an entity is recognized as a notable person from the past who played a significant role in history.
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D.
historicalRepresentative
Indicates that one entity serves or served as an official representative or delegate of another entity in a historical context.
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E.
notableHistoricalEntity
Indicates that an entity holds recognized historical significance or prominence within a historical context.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69ad8b1089588190b74d9e2505e45762 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad98b6cab88190b4dee7e5ec9347e5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b08695bea08190abce552493abda57 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9:01 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0d4d08d688190888459d7d4fbd8d4 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0d5567e488190b5eee8a494433ae4 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ad960a70ac8190816b5ae3e8631031 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:30 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:57 p.m.