Triple
T593601
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Historic Water Tower |
E17329
|
entity |
| Predicate | architect |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William W. Boyington
William W. Boyington was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his Gothic Revival and Romanesque designs, particularly in Chicago.
|
E74429
|
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 W. Boyington | Statement: [Historic Water Tower, architect, William W. Boyington]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Boyington Context triple: [Historic Water Tower, architect, William W. Boyington]
-
A.
James H. Doolittle
James H. Doolittle was a pioneering American aviator and U.S. Army Air Forces general renowned for leading the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II and for his groundbreaking contributions to aviation technology and tactics.
-
B.
Alexander Vandegrift
Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
C.
Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance was a highly respected U.S. Navy admiral of World War II, renowned for his calm, analytical leadership in pivotal Pacific battles.
-
D.
George C. Kenney
George C. Kenney was a prominent U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II, best known for commanding Allied air operations in the Southwest Pacific under General Douglas MacArthur.
-
E.
Richard Halsey
Richard Halsey is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1976 boxing drama "Rocky."
- 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 W. Boyington Triple: [Historic Water Tower, architect, William W. Boyington]
Generated description
William W. Boyington was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his Gothic Revival and Romanesque designs, particularly in Chicago.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Boyington Target entity description: William W. Boyington was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his Gothic Revival and Romanesque designs, particularly in Chicago.
-
A.
James H. Doolittle
James H. Doolittle was a pioneering American aviator and U.S. Army Air Forces general renowned for leading the first U.S. air raid on Japan during World War II and for his groundbreaking contributions to aviation technology and tactics.
-
B.
Alexander Vandegrift
Alexander Vandegrift was a highly decorated U.S. Marine Corps general best known for leading the 1st Marine Division to victory in the Guadalcanal Campaign during World War II and later serving as Commandant of the Marine Corps.
-
C.
Raymond A. Spruance
Raymond A. Spruance was a highly respected U.S. Navy admiral of World War II, renowned for his calm, analytical leadership in pivotal Pacific battles.
-
D.
George C. Kenney
George C. Kenney was a prominent U.S. Army Air Forces general in World War II, best known for commanding Allied air operations in the Southwest Pacific under General Douglas MacArthur.
-
E.
Richard Halsey
Richard Halsey is an American film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1976 boxing drama "Rocky."
- 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_69a49bd15c5881909b59ed4c88687e7b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a518c61744819090ccc037d61a61b1 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5197869fc8190b3e11f46f4eea7b9 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a519e6319c81908d49076dfe2cd963 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 5:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.