Triple

T4612755
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Order of Skull and Bones E100797 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Huntington Russell
William Huntington Russell was a 19th-century American educator and Yale alumnus best known as a co-founder of the secret society Skull and Bones.
 E455679 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 Huntington Russell | Statement: [Order of Skull and Bones, foundedBy, William Huntington Russell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Huntington Russell
Context triple: [Order of Skull and Bones, foundedBy, William Huntington Russell]
  • A. William H. Russell
    William H. Russell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Pony Express mail service.
  • B. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • C. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • D. Frederic McLaughlin
    Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
  • E. John Fairbanks
    John Fairbanks is a notable member of the prominent Fairbanks family, recognized for his association with the family's historical and social legacy.
  • 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 Huntington Russell
Triple: [Order of Skull and Bones, foundedBy, William Huntington Russell]
Generated description
William Huntington Russell was a 19th-century American educator and Yale alumnus best known as a co-founder of the secret society Skull and Bones.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Huntington Russell
Target entity description: William Huntington Russell was a 19th-century American educator and Yale alumnus best known as a co-founder of the secret society Skull and Bones.
  • A. William H. Russell
    William H. Russell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Pony Express mail service.
  • B. Joseph Borden McKean
    Joseph Borden McKean was an American lawyer and jurist who served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania in the early 19th century.
  • C. Robert Empie Rogers
    Robert Empie Rogers was a 19th-century American chemist and educator known for his contributions to analytical chemistry and his role in advancing scientific education.
  • D. Frederic McLaughlin
    Frederic McLaughlin was an American businessman and sports executive best known for establishing and owning the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks in the early 20th century.
  • E. John Fairbanks
    John Fairbanks is a notable member of the prominent Fairbanks family, recognized for his association with the family's historical and social legacy.
  • 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_69bd43cf363c819087fd5ab441b4a3f4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd59c11f5481909f61e23503711cf5 completed March 20, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfa895b7481909e54cfa56a54c8dc completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb83b5d08190b2d8502e763a0841 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfc105e6c8190b21e3c8e7076e9ff completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:12 p.m.