Triple

T3539104
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salinan language E74838 entity
Predicate documentedBy P4310 FINISHED
Object John Alden Mason
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
 E366755 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 Alden Mason | Statement: [Salinan language, documentedBy, John Alden Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Alden Mason
Context triple: [Salinan language, documentedBy, John Alden Mason]
  • A. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • B. John Alden
    John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
  • C. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • D. John Dighton
    John Dighton was a British screenwriter known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, including co-writing the screenplay for "Roman Holiday."
  • E. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • 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 Alden Mason
Triple: [Salinan language, documentedBy, John Alden Mason]
Generated description
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Alden Mason
Target entity description: John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
  • A. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • B. John Alden
    John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
  • C. Edward Mills
    Edward Mills was a British architect known for designing the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Headquarters in London.
  • D. John Dighton
    John Dighton was a British screenwriter known for his work on classic mid-20th-century films, including co-writing the screenplay for "Roman Holiday."
  • E. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbcca5e008190abcfe40c8902a95f completed March 8, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b38bd7fa3881909fee11cc6f4af7ea completed March 13, 2026, 4 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b38c9259f881908068961f4eaf11a0 completed March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38d04eb388190af64f990bac8d140 completed March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.