Triple
T3564784
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Theodore Van Kirk |
E75419
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van Kirk
Van Kirk is a surname most notably associated with Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II.
|
E369346
|
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: Van Kirk | Statement: [Theodore Van Kirk, familyName, Van Kirk]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Kirk Context triple: [Theodore Van Kirk, familyName, Van Kirk]
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A.
Ovington
Ovington is the surname of Mary White Ovington, an American suffragist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP.
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B.
Colma
Colma is a small town in San Mateo County, California, best known for its numerous cemeteries and nickname as the "City of Souls."
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C.
Kleinburg
Kleinburg is a historic, affluent village within the city of Vaughan, Ontario, known for its charming main street and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
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D.
Fair Haven
Fair Haven is a historic, traditionally working-class waterfront neighborhood in eastern New Haven, Connecticut, known for its diverse community and maritime roots along the Quinnipiac River.
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E.
Brooklin
Brooklin is a suburban community within the town of Whitby, Ontario, known for its rapidly growing residential areas and small-town village core.
- 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: Van Kirk Triple: [Theodore Van Kirk, familyName, Van Kirk]
Generated description
Van Kirk is a surname most notably associated with Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Kirk Target entity description: Van Kirk is a surname most notably associated with Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, the navigator of the Enola Gay during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II.
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A.
Ovington
Ovington is the surname of Mary White Ovington, an American suffragist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP.
-
B.
Colma
Colma is a small town in San Mateo County, California, best known for its numerous cemeteries and nickname as the "City of Souls."
-
C.
Kleinburg
Kleinburg is a historic, affluent village within the city of Vaughan, Ontario, known for its charming main street and the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
-
D.
Fair Haven
Fair Haven is a historic, traditionally working-class waterfront neighborhood in eastern New Haven, Connecticut, known for its diverse community and maritime roots along the Quinnipiac River.
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E.
Brooklin
Brooklin is a suburban community within the town of Whitby, Ontario, known for its rapidly growing residential areas and small-town village core.
- 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_69ad85d512708190829c8b2d3a2ccfb8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc0a76c008190a2056b6d990776fe |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:32 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b3bba91d08819081a433c9f06a2c2b |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b3bda1e1ac819094ac613c0e55c048 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 7:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3f5adac0481908b9053585c317be0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.