Triple

T6428528
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Jabez Howland E128119 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Mayflower passenger John Howland
Mayflower passenger John Howland was an English colonist who survived being swept overboard during the 1620 voyage and became a prominent early settler and landowner in Plymouth Colony, leaving many notable descendants.
E592459 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: Mayflower passenger John Howland | Statement: [Jabez Howland, relative, Mayflower passenger John Howland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mayflower passenger John Howland
Context triple: [Jabez Howland, relative, Mayflower passenger John Howland]
  • A. Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)
    Stephen Hopkins was an early English settler who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact, playing a notable role in the founding of Plymouth Colony.
  • B. Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)
    Edward Fuller was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact before dying during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
  • C. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • D. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
  • E. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • 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: Mayflower passenger John Howland
Triple: [Jabez Howland, relative, Mayflower passenger John Howland]
Generated description
Mayflower passenger John Howland was an English colonist who survived being swept overboard during the 1620 voyage and became a prominent early settler and landowner in Plymouth Colony, leaving many notable descendants.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mayflower passenger John Howland
Target entity description: Mayflower passenger John Howland was an English colonist who survived being swept overboard during the 1620 voyage and became a prominent early settler and landowner in Plymouth Colony, leaving many notable descendants.
  • A. Stephen Hopkins (Mayflower passenger)
    Stephen Hopkins was an early English settler who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact, playing a notable role in the founding of Plymouth Colony.
  • B. Edward Fuller (Mayflower passenger)
    Edward Fuller was an English Separatist and early Pilgrim who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and signed the Mayflower Compact before dying during the first winter at Plymouth Colony.
  • C. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • D. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
  • E. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • 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_69c00838de888190af2eec0b80495efa completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06922a27881908c5571f2aa31e0c1 completed March 22, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c640e678608190b5a1dcd1076bc1f2 completed March 27, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c641d6024c8190996aae40851a3b73 completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6425e0a348190bc1eb90eb8c00597 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.