Triple
T394157
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Suez Canal |
E8943
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat and entrepreneur best known for leading the development of the Suez Canal in the 19th century.
|
E49996
|
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: Ferdinand de Lesseps | Statement: [Suez Canal, chiefEngineer, Ferdinand de Lesseps]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand de Lesseps Context triple: [Suez Canal, chiefEngineer, Ferdinand de Lesseps]
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A.
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer and architect best known for designing the Eiffel Tower and contributing to the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.
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B.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.
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C.
Herman Willem Daendels
Herman Willem Daendels was a Dutch military officer and statesman best known for his Napoleonic-era reforms and infrastructure projects as a colonial administrator in the early 19th century.
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D.
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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E.
André Maginot
André Maginot was a French politician and Minister of War best known for initiating the fortified defensive system along France’s eastern border that came to bear his name.
- 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: Ferdinand de Lesseps Triple: [Suez Canal, chiefEngineer, Ferdinand de Lesseps]
Generated description
Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat and entrepreneur best known for leading the development of the Suez Canal in the 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferdinand de Lesseps Target entity description: Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat and entrepreneur best known for leading the development of the Suez Canal in the 19th century.
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A.
Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel was a French civil engineer and architect best known for designing the Eiffel Tower and contributing to the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty.
-
B.
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour was a Swiss general, engineer, and humanitarian who co-founded the International Committee of the Red Cross and played a key role in modern Swiss military and civil infrastructure.
-
C.
Herman Willem Daendels
Herman Willem Daendels was a Dutch military officer and statesman best known for his Napoleonic-era reforms and infrastructure projects as a colonial administrator in the early 19th century.
-
D.
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
Alexandre Colonna-Walewski was a 19th-century French statesman and diplomat who served notably as foreign minister under Napoleon III and was widely regarded as an illegitimate son of Napoleon Bonaparte.
-
E.
André Maginot
André Maginot was a French politician and Minister of War best known for initiating the fortified defensive system along France’s eastern border that came to bear his name.
- 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec77a8a08190b6f96373aa8c1346 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a405f93f448190aa20c8a356a24b89 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a406b81e708190b7561fda29cf4b79 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4081238e881908f0c79ab2d7d774e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:34 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.