Triple
T3382265
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bureau of American Ethnology |
E71212
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John R. Swanton
John R. Swanton was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his influential research on Native American cultures, languages, and folklore.
|
E354431
|
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: John R. Swanton | Statement: [Bureau of American Ethnology, employed, John R. Swanton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Swanton Context triple: [Bureau of American Ethnology, employed, John R. Swanton]
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A.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
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B.
J. Walter Fewkes
J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
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C.
William A. Clark
William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
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D.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
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E.
Joseph R. Walker
Joseph R. Walker was a 19th-century American mountain man and explorer known for pioneering routes across the Sierra Nevada and the American West.
- 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: John R. Swanton Triple: [Bureau of American Ethnology, employed, John R. Swanton]
Generated description
John R. Swanton was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his influential research on Native American cultures, languages, and folklore.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John R. Swanton Target entity description: John R. Swanton was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his influential research on Native American cultures, languages, and folklore.
-
A.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
-
B.
J. Walter Fewkes
J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
-
C.
William A. Clark
William A. Clark was a wealthy 19th-century American copper magnate and U.S. senator from Montana, often cited as an archetype of the Gilded Age industrialist and political power broker.
-
D.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
-
E.
Joseph R. Walker
Joseph R. Walker was a 19th-century American mountain man and explorer known for pioneering routes across the Sierra Nevada and the American West.
- 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_69ad85a8fd9c819095ecedf838d2bf1b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb5e9af608190bfb228ef99a87bb7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b34bc3f13c81909bec375bd080b7f3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b34e45a6c08190a0011eaa60f3d50a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b34eba517881908806b1ac285448ff |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.