Triple

T355848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Washington Roebling E7540 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Roebling
Roebling is a notable American family name most famously associated with civil engineers John A. Roebling and his son Washington Roebling, designers and builders of the Brooklyn Bridge.
 E45622 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: Roebling | Statement: [Washington Roebling, familyName, Roebling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roebling
Context triple: [Washington Roebling, familyName, Roebling]
  • A. Washington Roebling
    Washington Roebling was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, pioneering the use of steel-wire suspension and modern engineering techniques.
  • B. Ferdinand Roebling
    Ferdinand Roebling was a member of the prominent Roebling family associated with major 19th-century American engineering and industrial enterprises.
  • C. Charles Roebling
    Charles Roebling was an American civil engineer and industrialist best known for helping complete the Brooklyn Bridge and leading the John A. Roebling's Sons wire rope company.
  • D. John A. Roebling
    John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • E. John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
    John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • 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: Roebling
Triple: [Washington Roebling, familyName, Roebling]
Generated description
Roebling is a notable American family name most famously associated with civil engineers John A. Roebling and his son Washington Roebling, designers and builders of the Brooklyn Bridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Roebling
Target entity description: Roebling is a notable American family name most famously associated with civil engineers John A. Roebling and his son Washington Roebling, designers and builders of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • A. Washington Roebling
    Washington Roebling was an American civil engineer best known for overseeing the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, pioneering the use of steel-wire suspension and modern engineering techniques.
  • B. Ferdinand Roebling
    Ferdinand Roebling was a member of the prominent Roebling family associated with major 19th-century American engineering and industrial enterprises.
  • C. Charles Roebling
    Charles Roebling was an American civil engineer and industrialist best known for helping complete the Brooklyn Bridge and leading the John A. Roebling's Sons wire rope company.
  • D. John A. Roebling
    John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • E. John A. Roebling’s Sons Company
    John A. Roebling’s Sons Company was a prominent American wire rope and steel manufacturer best known for producing the cables used in major suspension bridges such as the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • 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_69a2ebad8bf08190b4a38ffd9157d641 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e57647d481908d42b10ddebf3ff7 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.