Triple

T3076697
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard T. Ely E64153 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object Edward A. Ross
Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.
E760267 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: Edward A. Ross | Statement: [Richard T. Ely, influenced, Edward A. Ross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward A. Ross
Context triple: [Richard T. Ely, influenced, Edward A. Ross]
  • A. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • D. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • E. Edward M. Kern
    Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
  • 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: Edward A. Ross
Triple: [Richard T. Ely, influenced, Edward A. Ross]
Generated description
Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward A. Ross
Target entity description: Edward A. Ross was an American sociologist and progressive-era reformer known for pioneering work in social control theory and for helping establish sociology as an academic discipline in the United States.
  • A. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • B. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • C. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • D. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • E. Edward M. Kern
    Edward M. Kern was a 19th-century American topographer and explorer after whom California’s Kern County was named.
  • 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_69ad857a8aec8190bfdfd9c14554ac5a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada1a5b4108190979654b459990afd completed March 8, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf883201d481909efd2f57e852a175 completed April 3, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf8a3d8e548190911d44ee36875d44 completed April 3, 2026, 9:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf8ae86e1881908a77f660c061bf69 completed April 3, 2026, 9:39 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.