Triple
T6197672
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | New York and Harlem Railroad |
E138548
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Mason
John Mason was a 19th-century American financier and railroad pioneer best known for helping establish early rail transport in New York State.
|
E574933
|
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 Mason | Statement: [New York and Harlem Railroad, founder, John Mason]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Mason Context triple: [New York and Harlem Railroad, founder, John Mason]
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A.
John Mason
John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
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B.
John Mason
John Mason is the child of Sir Joseph Mason, likely a member of a family with a British knighthood background.
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C.
John Alden Mason
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
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D.
William Mason
William Mason was an 18th-century English poet, clergyman, and close associate of Thomas Gray, known for his influential role in literary and artistic circles.
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E.
John Mason Good
John Mason Good was an English physician, scholar, and prolific writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his works in medical literature, translation, and religious scholarship.
- 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 Mason Triple: [New York and Harlem Railroad, founder, John Mason]
Generated description
John Mason was a 19th-century American financier and railroad pioneer best known for helping establish early rail transport in New York State.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Mason Target entity description: John Mason was a 19th-century American financier and railroad pioneer best known for helping establish early rail transport in New York State.
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A.
John Mason
John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
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B.
John Mason
John Mason is the child of Sir Joseph Mason, likely a member of a family with a British knighthood background.
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C.
John Alden Mason
John Alden Mason was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages and cultures of the Americas.
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D.
William Mason
William Mason was an 18th-century English poet, clergyman, and close associate of Thomas Gray, known for his influential role in literary and artistic circles.
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E.
John Mason Good
John Mason Good was an English physician, scholar, and prolific writer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his works in medical literature, translation, and religious scholarship.
- 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_69c008ab9b3081908a11b2c744838435 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c06251b47881909bd8d2ea37541959 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 9:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c16f2a40a88190847f607a6e2c5f4e |
completed | March 23, 2026, 4:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c1d232ab1881909cc3014beb664446 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c1d2c532988190a98f615638987159 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:20 p.m.