Triple

T590472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paducah, Kentucky E17255 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Clark
William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
E74341 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 Clark | Statement: [Paducah, Kentucky, foundedBy, William Clark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Clark
Context triple: [Paducah, Kentucky, foundedBy, William Clark]
  • A. Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and politician best known for co-leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition that charted the newly acquired western territories of the United States.
  • B. Zebulon Pike
    Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
  • C. Kit Carson
    Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
  • D. Auguste Chouteau
    Auguste Chouteau was an 18th-century French-American fur trader and pioneer best known as a co-founder and early leader of the city of St. Louis.
  • E. John Armstrong
    John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
  • 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 Clark
Triple: [Paducah, Kentucky, foundedBy, William Clark]
Generated description
William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Clark
Target entity description: William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, and territorial governor best known as the co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition that explored the Louisiana Purchase.
  • A. Meriwether Lewis
    Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and politician best known for co-leading the Lewis and Clark Expedition that charted the newly acquired western territories of the United States.
  • B. Zebulon Pike
    Zebulon Pike was an early 19th-century American explorer and U.S. Army officer best known for his expeditions into the American West, including the discovery of the peak in Colorado that now bears his name, Pike's Peak.
  • C. Kit Carson
    Kit Carson was a 19th-century American frontiersman, explorer, and military scout renowned for his role in westward expansion and the mapping of the American West.
  • D. Auguste Chouteau
    Auguste Chouteau was an 18th-century French-American fur trader and pioneer best known as a co-founder and early leader of the city of St. Louis.
  • E. John Armstrong
    John Armstrong is a common personal name shared by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, the military, the arts, and academia.
  • 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_69a49bb8ff0081909cd53d88930e2693 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a518c44ef0819088048289ed31246f completed March 2, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5194215848190874442451c32a10b completed March 2, 2026, 4:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a519d2e46881909d00ff279bd4a13e completed March 2, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.