Triple
T352856
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Washington University in St. Louis |
E7479
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Wayman Crow
Wayman Crow was a 19th-century American businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for helping establish major cultural and educational institutions in St. Louis, including Washington University.
|
E98804
|
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: Wayman Crow | Statement: [Washington University in St. Louis, founder, Wayman Crow]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wayman Crow Context triple: [Washington University in St. Louis, founder, Wayman Crow]
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A.
Richmond K. Turner
Richmond K. Turner was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his pivotal role in planning and directing major amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater.
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B.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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C.
Sam Huff
Sam Huff was a legendary Hall of Fame middle linebacker renowned for his hard-hitting play with the New York Giants in the 1950s and 1960s.
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D.
John D. Newsome
John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
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E.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
- 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: Wayman Crow Triple: [Washington University in St. Louis, founder, Wayman Crow]
Generated description
Wayman Crow was a 19th-century American businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for helping establish major cultural and educational institutions in St. Louis, including Washington University.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wayman Crow Target entity description: Wayman Crow was a 19th-century American businessman, politician, and philanthropist best known for helping establish major cultural and educational institutions in St. Louis, including Washington University.
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A.
Richmond K. Turner
Richmond K. Turner was a U.S. Navy admiral in World War II, best known for his pivotal role in planning and directing major amphibious operations in the Pacific Theater.
-
B.
Henry T. Rainey
Henry T. Rainey was an American Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives during the early New Deal era under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
-
C.
Sam Huff
Sam Huff was a legendary Hall of Fame middle linebacker renowned for his hard-hitting play with the New York Giants in the 1950s and 1960s.
-
D.
John D. Newsome
John D. Newsome was an American administrator who oversaw the Federal Writers’ Project, a New Deal program that employed writers to document U.S. history and culture during the Great Depression.
-
E.
James Caldwell
James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
- 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb7f1be88190964ddcbb6a05f021 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a79277143c819091019a9ca625039f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7931d1bac8190b9b300f3d7f94131 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a793860a688190a537418beb72141c |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.