Triple

T3220009
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Glenwood Cemetery E67488 entity
Predicate notableBurial P196 FINISHED
Object James A. Elkins Sr.
James A. Elkins Sr. was a prominent Texas lawyer and banker who co-founded the law firm Vinson & Elkins and played a major role in Houston’s early 20th-century financial and civic development.
 E338199 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 A. Elkins Sr. | Statement: [Glenwood Cemetery, notableBurial, James A. Elkins Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Elkins Sr.
Context triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, notableBurial, James A. Elkins Sr.]
  • A. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. R. Dale Butts
    R. Dale Butts was an American film composer and arranger known for scoring numerous mid-20th-century Westerns and adventure films.
  • D. James E. Cheek
    James E. Cheek was an American educator and theologian best known for serving as president of Howard University from 1969 to 1989.
  • E. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • 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 A. Elkins Sr.
Triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, notableBurial, James A. Elkins Sr.]
Generated description
James A. Elkins Sr. was a prominent Texas lawyer and banker who co-founded the law firm Vinson & Elkins and played a major role in Houston’s early 20th-century financial and civic development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Elkins Sr.
Target entity description: James A. Elkins Sr. was a prominent Texas lawyer and banker who co-founded the law firm Vinson & Elkins and played a major role in Houston’s early 20th-century financial and civic development.
  • A. Philip M. Landrum
    Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
  • B. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • C. R. Dale Butts
    R. Dale Butts was an American film composer and arranger known for scoring numerous mid-20th-century Westerns and adventure films.
  • D. James E. Cheek
    James E. Cheek was an American educator and theologian best known for serving as president of Howard University from 1969 to 1989.
  • E. John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman was an American administrator and labor mediator who served as a top aide to President Harry S. Truman and became one of the most influential behind-the-scenes figures in the postwar White House.
  • 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_69ad858b8adc8190ad989712c87a476b completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adab0ef2c88190ab89e3217438a2bf completed March 8, 2026, 4:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2624a770881908f0a9415b6f74ee0 completed March 12, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2662274988190ae62791744df0562 completed March 12, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b266bf6bf48190a4480bf9a699dae8 completed March 12, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.