Triple

T7617724
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Lewis Herndon E172402 entity
Predicate honoredIn P500 FINISHED
Object Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy
The Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy is a historic granite obelisk that serves as a memorial to naval officer William Lewis Herndon and is famously used in an annual plebe-climbing tradition.
E677224 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: Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy | Statement: [William Lewis Herndon, honoredIn, Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy
Context triple: [William Lewis Herndon, honoredIn, Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy]
  • A. McCool Hall, United States Naval Academy
    McCool Hall at the United States Naval Academy is a building named in honor of astronaut and naval officer William C. McCool, the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s final mission.
  • B. United States Naval Academy waterfront
    The United States Naval Academy waterfront is the scenic shoreline area of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, featuring historic campus buildings, piers, and views over the Severn River.
  • C. Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy
    The Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy is the main academic library serving midshipmen and faculty, housing extensive naval, military, and scholarly collections in support of education and research.
  • D. United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
    The United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland is a historic military burial ground on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy, serving as the final resting place for distinguished naval officers, graduates, and national figures.
  • E. Navy Hall
    Navy Hall is a historic military and governmental complex in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, that served as an early administrative center and residence for colonial officials in Upper Canada.
  • 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: Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy
Triple: [William Lewis Herndon, honoredIn, Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy]
Generated description
The Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy is a historic granite obelisk that serves as a memorial to naval officer William Lewis Herndon and is famously used in an annual plebe-climbing tradition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy
Target entity description: The Herndon Monument at the United States Naval Academy is a historic granite obelisk that serves as a memorial to naval officer William Lewis Herndon and is famously used in an annual plebe-climbing tradition.
  • A. McCool Hall, United States Naval Academy
    McCool Hall at the United States Naval Academy is a building named in honor of astronaut and naval officer William C. McCool, the pilot of the Space Shuttle Columbia’s final mission.
  • B. United States Naval Academy waterfront
    The United States Naval Academy waterfront is the scenic shoreline area of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, featuring historic campus buildings, piers, and views over the Severn River.
  • C. Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy
    The Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy is the main academic library serving midshipmen and faculty, housing extensive naval, military, and scholarly collections in support of education and research.
  • D. United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland
    The United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland is a historic military burial ground on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy, serving as the final resting place for distinguished naval officers, graduates, and national figures.
  • E. Navy Hall
    Navy Hall is a historic military and governmental complex in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, that served as an early administrative center and residence for colonial officials in Upper Canada.
  • 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_69c699506b308190826894dab1d9ea86 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6fa46d95081909c01d1432585ab2a completed March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c868714d7c8190aae66a3dd4e6214b completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c86a93e34c81908aaf0edb023ee78c completed March 28, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c86af8330c8190a43c599e82fe465a completed March 28, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.