Triple
T4259844
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alton, Illinois |
E96076
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Elijah Parish Lovejoy |
E397210
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Elijah Parish Lovejoy | Statement: [Alton, Illinois, hasNotablePerson, Elijah Parish Lovejoy]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Context triple: [Alton, Illinois, hasNotablePerson, Elijah Parish Lovejoy]
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A.
Elijah P. Lovejoy
chosen
Elijah P. Lovejoy was a 19th-century American Presbyterian minister, journalist, and outspoken abolitionist whose murder by a pro-slavery mob made him a martyr for the causes of press freedom and anti-slavery activism.
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B.
John Brown
John Brown was a 19th-century American abolitionist who led militant anti-slavery actions, most famously the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry.
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C.
John Wellborn Root
John Wellborn Root was a pioneering American architect of the late 19th century, best known for his influential role in developing early skyscraper design and shaping the Chicago School of architecture.
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D.
Dr. John Brown
Dr. John Brown is a kind, rational American doctor in the novel "Like Water for Chocolate" who becomes Tita’s supportive suitor and represents a calm, nurturing alternative to her passionate but troubled love for Pedro.
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E.
Preston Brooks
Preston Brooks was a pro-slavery U.S. congressman from South Carolina best known for his 1856 caning of Senator Charles Sumner on the Senate floor, an event that inflamed sectional tensions before the Civil War.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b3454095ac81909c2494f7ff294af1 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34f7fe7348190baed8d214268b756 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5b78825508190b2b6ca46c8e1b27c |
completed | March 14, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:06 p.m.