Triple

T319628
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Dean Howells E7784 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Howells
Howells is a surname most notably associated with William Dean Howells, a prominent 19th-century American realist author and literary critic.
 E41212 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: Howells | Statement: [William Dean Howells, familyName, Howells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howells
Context triple: [William Dean Howells, familyName, Howells]
  • A. Fitzgerald
    Fitzgerald is the middle name of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
  • B. Beecher
    Beecher is the surname of a prominent American family best known for members like author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • C. Henry James
    Henry James was an influential American-born British author known for his psychologically complex novels and stories exploring consciousness, perception, and social relationships.
  • D. Ticknor and Fields
    Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
  • E. Horton
    Horton is the middle name of the influential British mathematician John H. Conway, renowned for his work in group theory, knot theory, and recreational mathematics.
  • 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: Howells
Triple: [William Dean Howells, familyName, Howells]
Generated description
Howells is a surname most notably associated with William Dean Howells, a prominent 19th-century American realist author and literary critic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howells
Target entity description: Howells is a surname most notably associated with William Dean Howells, a prominent 19th-century American realist author and literary critic.
  • A. Fitzgerald
    Fitzgerald is the middle name of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
  • B. Beecher
    Beecher is the surname of a prominent American family best known for members like author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  • C. Henry James
    Henry James was an influential American-born British author known for his psychologically complex novels and stories exploring consciousness, perception, and social relationships.
  • D. Ticknor and Fields
    Ticknor and Fields was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house based in Boston, known for issuing works by leading New England authors and shaping the era’s literary culture.
  • E. Horton
    Horton is the middle name of the influential British mathematician John H. Conway, renowned for his work in group theory, knot theory, and recreational mathematics.
  • 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea7edbc48190b9031bd1af48f72a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3c8bb194c8190ad97517695e6f1a2 completed March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c95cf3b48190a5502a6b12fe0e4c completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ca63f1c4819086f8959e51976f5c completed March 1, 2026, 5:11 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.