Triple

T7149834
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hillsborough Convention of 1788 E166664 entity
Predicate secretaryOfConvention P75135 FINISHED
Object John Hay
John Hay was an American political figure who served as secretary of the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, a key gathering in North Carolina’s debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
E645090 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Hay | Statement: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, secretaryOfConvention, John Hay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hay
Context triple: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, secretaryOfConvention, John Hay]
  • A. John Hay
    John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • B. Albert Charles Seward
    Albert Charles Seward was a British botanist and geologist known for his pioneering work in paleobotany and the study of fossil plants.
  • C. William Henry Seward Jr.
    William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • D. William H. Seward
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • E. Frederick William Seward
    Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
  • 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 Hay
Triple: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, secretaryOfConvention, John Hay]
Generated description
John Hay was an American political figure who served as secretary of the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, a key gathering in North Carolina’s debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hay
Target entity description: John Hay was an American political figure who served as secretary of the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, a key gathering in North Carolina’s debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
  • A. John Hay
    John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • B. Albert Charles Seward
    Albert Charles Seward was a British botanist and geologist known for his pioneering work in paleobotany and the study of fossil plants.
  • C. William Henry Seward Jr.
    William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
  • D. William H. Seward
    William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
  • E. Frederick William Seward
    Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: secretaryOfConvention
Context triple: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, secretaryOfConvention, John Hay]
  • A. currentSecretary
    Indicates that one entity currently holds the position or role of secretary for another entity.
  • B. partySecretary
    Indicates that an entity holds the position or role of secretary within a political party or similar organized group in relation to another entity.
  • C. specialSecretary
    Indicates a relationship where one entity serves as a special secretary (with specific or exceptional administrative or advisory duties) to another entity.
  • D. hasNationalGeneralSecretary
    Indicates that one entity serves as the national general secretary of another entity (typically an organization or party).
  • E. previousGeneralSecretary
    Indicates that one entity served as the general secretary of an organization or body immediately before the other entity.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 completed March 27, 2026, 1:39 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6e7f130e08190bc5ca99f90f9de92 completed March 27, 2026, 8:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7ada940e08190b16e97e363801e75 completed March 28, 2026, 10:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ae5767408190860c1c7bc3a769fa completed March 28, 2026, 10:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7aeb68c3481909c6dff8ee51349ab completed March 28, 2026, 10:34 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6e1caf4e48190b47bb398a3c1554d completed March 27, 2026, 8 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69c6e4a213508190a40aca39f9eee7d5 completed March 27, 2026, 8:12 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.