Triple

T331227
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Columbus E6628 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Ferdinand Columbus
Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, best known for being Christopher Columbus’s son and for amassing one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance.
E45607 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: Ferdinand Columbus | Statement: [Christopher Columbus, child, Ferdinand Columbus]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Columbus
Context triple: [Christopher Columbus, child, Ferdinand Columbus]
  • A. Diego Columbus
    Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
  • B. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • C. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, was a Spanish nobleman and military commander best known for serving as the overall commander of Spain’s ill-fated Armada against England in 1588.
  • D. Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
  • E. Colón
    Colón is a major Panamanian port city on the Caribbean coast, known as a key gateway to the Panama Canal and an important center for trade and shipping.
  • 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: Ferdinand Columbus
Triple: [Christopher Columbus, child, Ferdinand Columbus]
Generated description
Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, best known for being Christopher Columbus’s son and for amassing one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand Columbus
Target entity description: Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, best known for being Christopher Columbus’s son and for amassing one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance.
  • A. Diego Columbus
    Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
  • B. Henry the Navigator
    Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
  • C. Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia
    Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, was a Spanish nobleman and military commander best known for serving as the overall commander of Spain’s ill-fated Armada against England in 1588.
  • D. Christopher Columbus
    Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
  • E. Colón
    Colón is a major Panamanian port city on the Caribbean coast, known as a key gateway to the Panama Canal and an important center for trade and shipping.
  • 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_69a2e79434908190a9d5afe415153ad9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eaafd1a48190a6d001af3c2a5318 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e5715a0c8190ad1333d8aaaecc1b completed March 1, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e61ad63c8190940eaba657cd3df2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e668e05c8190ba92c581622756df completed March 1, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.