Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln Historic District E93198 entity
Predicate significantPerson P643 FINISHED
Object Alexander McSween
Alexander McSween was a prominent 19th-century lawyer and central figure in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, whose activities helped shape the history commemorated in the Lincoln Historic District.
E405686 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: Alexander McSween | Statement: [Lincoln Historic District, significantPerson, Alexander McSween]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander McSween
Context triple: [Lincoln Historic District, significantPerson, Alexander McSween]
  • A. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • C. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • E. Samuel McIntire
    Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
  • 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: Alexander McSween
Triple: [Lincoln Historic District, significantPerson, Alexander McSween]
Generated description
Alexander McSween was a prominent 19th-century lawyer and central figure in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, whose activities helped shape the history commemorated in the Lincoln Historic District.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander McSween
Target entity description: Alexander McSween was a prominent 19th-century lawyer and central figure in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, whose activities helped shape the history commemorated in the Lincoln Historic District.
  • A. William McSweeny
    William McSweeny is an author best known for co-writing the autobiography "Go Up for Glory" with basketball legend Bill Russell.
  • B. James Johnston
    James Johnston was a militia officer who played a leadership role on the Patriot side during the American Revolutionary War, notably at the Battle of Kings Mountain.
  • C. James Fleming
    James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Alexander McDougall
    Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
  • E. Samuel McIntire
    Samuel McIntire was an influential early American architect and woodcarver from Salem, Massachusetts, renowned for his Federal-style designs and decorative craftsmanship.
  • 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_69aed96bfa1081908f7b30f2c647dee6 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeed7c2c848190a6d62e2df9b942d4 completed March 9, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b54c37594081909a3699bbd4863555 completed March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54d06c7c881908b30ba813c009d25 completed March 14, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54d739e588190b23c06b10b4f540e completed March 14, 2026, 11:58 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:22 p.m.