Triple
T759004
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dewey Decimal Classification |
E16023
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Melvil Dewey
Melvil Dewey was an American librarian and educator best known for pioneering modern library organization and founding the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
|
E90480
|
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: Melvil Dewey | Statement: [Dewey Decimal Classification, creator, Melvil Dewey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvil Dewey Context triple: [Dewey Decimal Classification, creator, Melvil Dewey]
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A.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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B.
Henry Billings Brown
Henry Billings Brown was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court best known for authoring the decision that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
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C.
Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard was a 19th-century American architect and stone carver best known for his influential role in early granite construction and contributions to Boston-area landmarks.
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D.
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield was an American information scientist and bibliometrician best known for pioneering citation indexing and founding the Science Citation Index and the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
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E.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
- 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: Melvil Dewey Triple: [Dewey Decimal Classification, creator, Melvil Dewey]
Generated description
Melvil Dewey was an American librarian and educator best known for pioneering modern library organization and founding the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Melvil Dewey Target entity description: Melvil Dewey was an American librarian and educator best known for pioneering modern library organization and founding the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
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A.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
-
B.
Henry Billings Brown
Henry Billings Brown was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court best known for authoring the decision that upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
-
C.
Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard was a 19th-century American architect and stone carver best known for his influential role in early granite construction and contributions to Boston-area landmarks.
-
D.
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield was an American information scientist and bibliometrician best known for pioneering citation indexing and founding the Science Citation Index and the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).
-
E.
Sidney Verba
Sidney Verba was a prominent American political scientist renowned for his pioneering work on political participation, comparative politics, and civic culture.
- 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_69a493684ee48190bd43b7c78da4aec8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a67f9778819098d3c144dd26b976 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a65e44b9c88190a4481c28499860d7 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a660a5d3308190ae7f1220704380eb |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a661116e848190b6dde5b3f7570c71 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.