Triple

T705281
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hendrik Wade Bode E14084 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Augustus Trowbridge
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
 E224224 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: Augustus Trowbridge | Statement: [Hendrik Wade Bode, doctoralAdvisor, Augustus Trowbridge]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Augustus Trowbridge
Context triple: [Hendrik Wade Bode, doctoralAdvisor, Augustus Trowbridge]
  • A. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Samuel Ellis
    Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
  • C. Ludovico Cabot
    Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
  • D. James Warren Sever
    James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
  • E. Charles A. Coffin
    Charles A. Coffin was an American businessman who became the first president of General Electric and played a pivotal role in shaping the early electric power industry.
  • 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: Augustus Trowbridge
Triple: [Hendrik Wade Bode, doctoralAdvisor, Augustus Trowbridge]
Generated description
Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Augustus Trowbridge
Target entity description: Augustus Trowbridge was an American physicist and academic known for his work in optics and for mentoring influential engineers and scientists in the early 20th century.
  • A. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • B. Samuel Ellis
    Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
  • C. Ludovico Cabot
    Ludovico Cabot was a son of the Italian explorer John Cabot, likely part of the Cabot family involved in early transatlantic exploration and related ventures.
  • D. James Warren Sever
    James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
  • E. Charles A. Coffin
    Charles A. Coffin was an American businessman who became the first president of General Electric and played a pivotal role in shaping the early electric power industry.
  • 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a544e3608190ac315c7aa9f88e7e completed March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0a8b7ad481909f6b44dad1d8b2ac completed March 8, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b15a1dc81908dfa980e86585673 completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0b9e7c64819093461c74b98e48ca completed March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.