Triple
T6918286
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Portsmouth, Virginia |
E160117
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Colonel William Crawford
Colonel William Crawford was an 18th-century American military officer and land speculator who played a key role in the early development of what became Portsmouth, Virginia.
|
E628436
|
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: Colonel William Crawford | Statement: [Portsmouth, Virginia, foundedBy, Colonel William Crawford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel William Crawford Context triple: [Portsmouth, Virginia, foundedBy, Colonel William Crawford]
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A.
Lucius A. Bigelow
Lucius A. Bigelow was a notable individual associated with the Bigelow family or lineage, recognized for his prominence or contributions in his field or community.
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B.
Colonel John Quincy
Colonel John Quincy was an American colonial military officer and prominent Massachusetts politician whose legacy includes being the namesake of both the city of Quincy and President John Quincy Adams.
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C.
William C. Maybury
William C. Maybury was an American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Edward Beale
Edward Beale was a 19th-century American naval officer, explorer, and frontiersman known for his surveying expeditions and contributions to the development of the American West.
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E.
James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson was an American soldier and politician who served as a senior officer in the U.S. Army while secretly acting as a paid agent of the Spanish Empire, making him one of the most controversial figures in early United States 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: Colonel William Crawford Triple: [Portsmouth, Virginia, foundedBy, Colonel William Crawford]
Generated description
Colonel William Crawford was an 18th-century American military officer and land speculator who played a key role in the early development of what became Portsmouth, Virginia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Colonel William Crawford Target entity description: Colonel William Crawford was an 18th-century American military officer and land speculator who played a key role in the early development of what became Portsmouth, Virginia.
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A.
Lucius A. Bigelow
Lucius A. Bigelow was a notable individual associated with the Bigelow family or lineage, recognized for his prominence or contributions in his field or community.
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B.
Colonel John Quincy
Colonel John Quincy was an American colonial military officer and prominent Massachusetts politician whose legacy includes being the namesake of both the city of Quincy and President John Quincy Adams.
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C.
William C. Maybury
William C. Maybury was an American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Edward Beale
Edward Beale was a 19th-century American naval officer, explorer, and frontiersman known for his surveying expeditions and contributions to the development of the American West.
-
E.
James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson was an American soldier and politician who served as a senior officer in the U.S. Army while secretly acting as a paid agent of the Spanish Empire, making him one of the most controversial figures in early United States 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_69c6883ab1008190a07129ff06f625d9 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6d9e17ea08190b8c4142af8adfba0 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7512f7fac81908d0891f4de301535 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:55 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c751db72408190b89e2ab08730ca43 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 3:58 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c75264e65081908859551feaf1006c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.