Triple

T7264347
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Zahniser E159733 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Zahniser
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
E652512 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: Zahniser | Statement: [Howard Zahniser, familyName, Zahniser]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zahniser
Context triple: [Howard Zahniser, familyName, Zahniser]
  • A. Zahn
    Zahn is a surname most prominently associated with American actor and comedian Steve Zahn, known for his roles in films like "That Thing You Do!" and "Saving Silverman."
  • B. Tooth of Hérens
    Tooth of Hérens is a prominent alpine peak in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss–Italian border, known for its sharp, tooth-like shape and challenging mountaineering routes.
  • C. Gingelom
    Gingelom is a rural municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, known for its agricultural landscape and small village communities.
  • D. Jawz
    Jawz is the jaguar mascot representing Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • E. Cái Răng
    Cái Răng is an urban district of Cần Thơ in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, known for its bustling floating market and river-based commerce.
  • 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: Zahniser
Triple: [Howard Zahniser, familyName, Zahniser]
Generated description
Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zahniser
Target entity description: Zahniser is a surname most notably associated with Howard Zahniser, the American environmentalist and principal author of the U.S. Wilderness Act.
  • A. Zahn
    Zahn is a surname most prominently associated with American actor and comedian Steve Zahn, known for his roles in films like "That Thing You Do!" and "Saving Silverman."
  • B. Tooth of Hérens
    Tooth of Hérens is a prominent alpine peak in the Pennine Alps on the Swiss–Italian border, known for its sharp, tooth-like shape and challenging mountaineering routes.
  • C. Gingelom
    Gingelom is a rural municipality in the Belgian province of Limburg, known for its agricultural landscape and small village communities.
  • D. Jawz
    Jawz is the jaguar mascot representing Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) at its athletic events and campus activities.
  • E. Cái Răng
    Cái Răng is an urban district of Cần Thơ in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, known for its bustling floating market and river-based commerce.
  • 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_69c68838f9948190875fd60b2351230c completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6eae50e008190a660925074077344 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7d3c7754481908ff7cc0fc6419599 completed March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7d5c7c3a48190b8d1b5e351ebfbd5 completed March 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7d639f7f08190a360bd2899e6fef8 completed March 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:57 p.m.