Triple
T4333230
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Hay |
E97401
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthorWith |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John G. Nicolay
John G. Nicolay was a German-born American political figure and historian best known as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and co-author of a seminal multi-volume biography of Lincoln with John Hay.
|
E431965
|
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: John G. Nicolay | Statement: [John Hay, coAuthorWith, John G. Nicolay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John G. Nicolay Context triple: [John Hay, coAuthorWith, John G. Nicolay]
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A.
Henry Adams Neely
Henry Adams Neely was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop who played a foundational role in establishing and leading the Episcopal Church in Maine.
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B.
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
Charles Francis Adams Jr. was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, railroad executive, and public intellectual from the prominent Adams political family.
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C.
Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and diplomat best known for serving as the United States Minister to China and later leading the Chinese diplomatic mission to the West.
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D.
George Bancroft
George Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy, best known for his multi-volume "History of the United States" and for helping establish the U.S. Naval Academy.
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E.
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American diplomat, politician, and son and grandson of U.S. presidents, best known for his role as U.S. minister to the United Kingdom during the Civil War.
- 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: John G. Nicolay Triple: [John Hay, coAuthorWith, John G. Nicolay]
Generated description
John G. Nicolay was a German-born American political figure and historian best known as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and co-author of a seminal multi-volume biography of Lincoln with John Hay.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John G. Nicolay Target entity description: John G. Nicolay was a German-born American political figure and historian best known as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and co-author of a seminal multi-volume biography of Lincoln with John Hay.
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A.
Henry Adams Neely
Henry Adams Neely was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop who played a foundational role in establishing and leading the Episcopal Church in Maine.
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B.
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
Charles Francis Adams Jr. was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, railroad executive, and public intellectual from the prominent Adams political family.
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C.
Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and diplomat best known for serving as the United States Minister to China and later leading the Chinese diplomatic mission to the West.
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D.
George Bancroft
George Bancroft was an American film actor prominent in the late silent and early sound eras, often cast as tough, rugged characters in crime dramas and Westerns.
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E.
George Bancroft
George Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of the Navy, best known for his multi-volume "History of the United States" and for helping establish the U.S. Naval Academy.
- 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_69b3454662a481908fbcd0bbfaa3a0a4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3514faaac819081475681fd10da24 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d0a634308190ba4d8c8dc07814ae |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5d47416fc8190b8a177cbdcc23399 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5d4e5e24c8190980bc545ca0d339d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:13 p.m.