Triple

T3938837
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Seattle Post-Intelligencer E90982 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas J. Dryer
Thomas J. Dryer was a 19th-century American newspaper publisher and editor best known for his role in early Pacific Northwest journalism, including founding what became the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
 E906513 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: Thomas J. Dryer | Statement: [Seattle Post-Intelligencer, foundedBy, Thomas J. Dryer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Dryer
Context triple: [Seattle Post-Intelligencer, foundedBy, Thomas J. Dryer]
  • A. William H. Roberts
    William H. Roberts was a U.S. military officer who served in a senior governing role in Korea during the period of American military administration.
  • B. John T. Towers
    John T. Towers was a 19th-century American printer and politician who served as mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • C. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • D. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • E. William H. Tooker
    William H. Tooker was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Thomas J. Dryer
Triple: [Seattle Post-Intelligencer, foundedBy, Thomas J. Dryer]
Generated description
Thomas J. Dryer was a 19th-century American newspaper publisher and editor best known for his role in early Pacific Northwest journalism, including founding what became the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Dryer
Target entity description: Thomas J. Dryer was a 19th-century American newspaper publisher and editor best known for his role in early Pacific Northwest journalism, including founding what became the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  • A. William H. Roberts
    William H. Roberts was a U.S. military officer who served in a senior governing role in Korea during the period of American military administration.
  • B. John T. Towers
    John T. Towers was a 19th-century American printer and politician who served as mayor of Washington, D.C.
  • C. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • D. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • E. William H. Tooker
    William H. Tooker was an American stage and silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeedfb12b88190a6ca6574b1aadb6e completed March 9, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e42d406e2c8190ad27f3a5276be25f completed April 19, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e4374700b881908ebb185ae020487b completed April 19, 2026, 2 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4399385c08190852c3cbd730a1f11 completed April 19, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:24 p.m.