Triple
T488697
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American University |
E9937
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Fletcher Hurst
John Fletcher Hurst was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop, theologian, and educator who played a key role in advancing higher education and religious scholarship in the United States.
|
E156787
|
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 Fletcher Hurst | Statement: [American University, founder, John Fletcher Hurst]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Fletcher Hurst Context triple: [American University, founder, John Fletcher Hurst]
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A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
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B.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
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C.
John Haviland
John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
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D.
Robert Hepburn
Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
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E.
Edward Gurney
Edward Gurney was a Republican U.S. Senator from Florida in the early 1970s, known for his prominent role on the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal.
- 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 Fletcher Hurst Triple: [American University, founder, John Fletcher Hurst]
Generated description
John Fletcher Hurst was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop, theologian, and educator who played a key role in advancing higher education and religious scholarship in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Fletcher Hurst Target entity description: John Fletcher Hurst was a 19th-century American Methodist bishop, theologian, and educator who played a key role in advancing higher education and religious scholarship in the United States.
-
A.
Sidney Darlington
Sidney Darlington was an American electrical engineer and inventor best known for his pioneering work in network theory and the invention of the Darlington transistor configuration.
-
B.
Thomas Parkhurst
Thomas Parkhurst was a 17th-century London bookseller and publisher known for issuing prominent Puritan and religious works.
-
C.
John Haviland
John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
-
D.
Robert Hepburn
Robert Hepburn was the brother of acclaimed American actress Katharine Hepburn and a member of the prominent Hepburn family.
-
E.
Edward Gurney
Edward Gurney was a Republican U.S. Senator from Florida in the early 1970s, known for his prominent role on the Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal.
- 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_69a2e802e2908190ab17c9479e0b6412 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2f0df764481909811d9483dfbc4aa |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce4b94d08190b7747b0b6d61e3e1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accf3931bc81908e38755e2d024270 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accfb8acfc8190bba379d8bb114c29 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.