Triple
T3490352
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Villard Glacier |
E73713
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Villard
Henry Villard was a 19th-century German-American journalist, railroad magnate, and financier known for his leadership in the development of major U.S. railroads and his role as president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
|
E362989
|
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: Henry Villard | Statement: [Villard Glacier, namedAfter, Henry Villard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Villard Context triple: [Villard Glacier, namedAfter, Henry Villard]
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A.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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B.
Thomas N. Downing
Thomas N. Downing was an American Democratic congressman from Virginia known for his role in initiating and leading congressional investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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C.
Collis P. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
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D.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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E.
Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard was an American journalist, civil rights activist, and prominent early leader in the struggle for racial equality in the United States.
- 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: Henry Villard Triple: [Villard Glacier, namedAfter, Henry Villard]
Generated description
Henry Villard was a 19th-century German-American journalist, railroad magnate, and financier known for his leadership in the development of major U.S. railroads and his role as president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Villard Target entity description: Henry Villard was a 19th-century German-American journalist, railroad magnate, and financier known for his leadership in the development of major U.S. railroads and his role as president of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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A.
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
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B.
Thomas N. Downing
Thomas N. Downing was an American Democratic congressman from Virginia known for his role in initiating and leading congressional investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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C.
Collis P. Huntington
Collis P. Huntington was a prominent 19th-century American railroad magnate and industrialist who played a key role in the development of the U.S. transportation infrastructure and major shipbuilding enterprises.
-
D.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
-
E.
Oswald Garrison Villard
Oswald Garrison Villard was an American journalist, civil rights activist, and prominent early leader in the struggle for racial equality in the United States.
- 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbb94190c8190a81eb41042e51a00 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b373bb0e00819087899a394f50295d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b374bb36548190acd369ccef084907 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3755597d8819081375fab35b75369 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 2:24 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.