Triple
T3606798
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Johnston, Rhode Island |
E76391
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Augustus Johnston
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
|
E442309
|
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: Augustus Johnston | Statement: [Johnston, Rhode Island, namedAfter, Augustus Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Augustus Johnston Context triple: [Johnston, Rhode Island, namedAfter, Augustus Johnston]
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A.
George Travis
George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
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B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Alexander P. Stewart
Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
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D.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- 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: Augustus Johnston Triple: [Johnston, Rhode Island, namedAfter, Augustus Johnston]
Generated description
Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Augustus Johnston Target entity description: Augustus Johnston was a colonial-era official and attorney in Rhode Island, notably serving as the colony’s attorney general around the time of the American Revolution.
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A.
George Travis
George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
-
B.
William Jackson
William Jackson was an American soldier and statesman best known for serving as the secretary to the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention.
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C.
Alexander P. Stewart
Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
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D.
Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
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E.
James Whittaker
James Whittaker was an early and influential leader of the Shaker religious movement in America, known for helping to organize and spread the sect’s communal, celibate, and egalitarian way of life.
- 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_69ad85da0ba481908b3b48c69efe2b98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc1e33cfc8190afc716b19480fbce |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6279969388190a808a3c5995df2c5 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b62b5adf64819093e2bd50e49d5fda |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b62c3defe08190a3fc7eb840684f1d |
completed | March 15, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.