Triple

T4240549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Litchfield Law School E95400 entity
Predicate hasStudent P48 FINISHED
Object William Whiting Boardman
William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
 E545814 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: William Whiting Boardman | Statement: [Litchfield Law School, hasStudent, William Whiting Boardman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Whiting Boardman
Context triple: [Litchfield Law School, hasStudent, William Whiting Boardman]
  • A. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • B. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • D. George D. Barnett
    George D. Barnett was an American architect known for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • E. William H. Kirkland
    William H. Kirkland was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
  • 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: William Whiting Boardman
Triple: [Litchfield Law School, hasStudent, William Whiting Boardman]
Generated description
William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Whiting Boardman
Target entity description: William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
  • A. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • B. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • D. George D. Barnett
    George D. Barnett was an American architect known for designing prominent ecclesiastical and civic buildings in the early 20th century, particularly in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • E. William H. Kirkland
    William H. Kirkland was the husband of actress and vaudeville performer June Havoc.
  • 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e77fb5c8190b298818acb68ff63 completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c07d33a65481908c7ab4473bed1320 completed March 22, 2026, 11:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c08c54755c819099decf3b6e4c6792 completed March 23, 2026, 12:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c08cc71a9c8190ac3aa082cb7bf0fc completed March 23, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.