Triple

T6235719
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geological Survey of California E139472 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object William Ashburner
William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
 E613686 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 Ashburner | Statement: [Geological Survey of California, employer, William Ashburner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Ashburner
Context triple: [Geological Survey of California, employer, William Ashburner]
  • A. Clarence Odbody
    Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
  • B. Edward Talbot
    Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
  • C. George Corson
    George Corson was a 19th-century British architect known for his significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Leeds, England.
  • D. William Walters
    William Walters is a fictional character appearing in Daniel Defoe’s adventure novel "Captain Singleton."
  • E. Henry Van Brunt
    Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
  • 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 Ashburner
Triple: [Geological Survey of California, employer, William Ashburner]
Generated description
William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Ashburner
Target entity description: William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
  • A. Clarence Odbody
    Clarence Odbody is the bumbling yet wise guardian angel in the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life," sent to help George Bailey understand the value of his life.
  • B. Edward Talbot
    Edward Talbot was an Anglican clergyman who became the inaugural Bishop of Southwark in the Church of England.
  • C. George Corson
    George Corson was a 19th-century British architect known for his significant contributions to the architectural landscape of Leeds, England.
  • D. William Walters
    William Walters is a fictional character appearing in Daniel Defoe’s adventure novel "Captain Singleton."
  • E. Henry Van Brunt
    Henry Van Brunt was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential role in shaping civic and institutional architecture across the United States.
  • 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_69c008b0e7ac8190808a59573ee646f3 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062f236608190997e77b41095883f completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7005e8c2c81909729f7ab3ae0287d completed March 27, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7063ab9188190be0cd1eaac3b00be completed March 27, 2026, 10:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c70698970c81908bd894882964ccec completed March 27, 2026, 10:37 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:23 p.m.