Triple

T588508
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Croton Dam E17213 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Alfred P. Boller
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E187155 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: Alfred P. Boller | Statement: [New Croton Dam, designedBy, Alfred P. Boller]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred P. Boller
Context triple: [New Croton Dam, designedBy, Alfred P. Boller]
  • A. Arthur J. Altmeyer
    Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
  • B. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Fritz J. Russ
    Fritz J. Russ was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur whose contributions to engineering led to the establishment of a major international engineering prize in his and his wife's honor.
  • D. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • E. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • 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: Alfred P. Boller
Triple: [New Croton Dam, designedBy, Alfred P. Boller]
Generated description
Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred P. Boller
Target entity description: Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Arthur J. Altmeyer
    Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
  • B. Robert B. Hotz
    Robert B. Hotz was an American aviation journalist and editor known for his expertise in aerospace and defense, who served on the presidential Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • C. Fritz J. Russ
    Fritz J. Russ was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur whose contributions to engineering led to the establishment of a major international engineering prize in his and his wife's honor.
  • D. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • E. George Boemler
    George Boemler was a film editor known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the musical comedy "High Society."
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49b9d1e68819096a9b5e7b2e83d6e completed March 1, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad67e82a2481909f6d2737f820121a completed March 8, 2026, 12:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad68895550819080fdc84d77201e60 completed March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad6902cb3c8190ba36dc74e1dccb26 completed March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.