Triple

T7622634
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Canal Commissioner of New York E172536 entity
Predicate officeHeldBy P537 FINISHED
Object Nelson K. Hopkins
Nelson K. Hopkins was a 19th-century New York politician best known for his role in overseeing the state's canal system.
E677325 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: Nelson K. Hopkins | Statement: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Nelson K. Hopkins]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nelson K. Hopkins
Context triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Nelson K. Hopkins]
  • A. Maurice R. Robinson
    Maurice R. Robinson was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Scholastic, a major global children’s publishing and education company.
  • B. Kenneth L. Bowles
    Kenneth L. Bowles was an American computer scientist and educator best known for his pioneering work in software systems and programming environments at the University of California, San Diego.
  • C. Alonzo W. Rollins
    Alonzo W. Rollins was a Chicago-based businessman and philanthropist whose substantial donations and support for education led to a liberal arts college in Florida being named in his honor.
  • D. Eugene S. Robbins
    Eugene S. Robbins was a prominent local figure after whom the village of Robbins, Illinois, was named, likely due to his significant role in its founding or development.
  • E. Dennis C. Brown
    Dennis C. Brown is a television and film composer best known for scoring the long-running animated series "South Park."
  • 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: Nelson K. Hopkins
Triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Nelson K. Hopkins]
Generated description
Nelson K. Hopkins was a 19th-century New York politician best known for his role in overseeing the state's canal system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nelson K. Hopkins
Target entity description: Nelson K. Hopkins was a 19th-century New York politician best known for his role in overseeing the state's canal system.
  • A. Maurice R. Robinson
    Maurice R. Robinson was an American publisher and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Scholastic, a major global children’s publishing and education company.
  • B. Kenneth L. Bowles
    Kenneth L. Bowles was an American computer scientist and educator best known for his pioneering work in software systems and programming environments at the University of California, San Diego.
  • C. Alonzo W. Rollins
    Alonzo W. Rollins was a Chicago-based businessman and philanthropist whose substantial donations and support for education led to a liberal arts college in Florida being named in his honor.
  • D. Eugene S. Robbins
    Eugene S. Robbins was a prominent local figure after whom the village of Robbins, Illinois, was named, likely due to his significant role in its founding or development.
  • E. Dennis C. Brown
    Dennis C. Brown is a television and film composer best known for scoring the long-running animated series "South Park."
  • 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_69c6fa63e66081908ba34dd4483de7fe completed March 27, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c868789618819094010e60ef73fdfd completed March 28, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c86c244d848190b53a713480761162 completed March 29, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c86c7881788190bc399c485d12d6fa completed March 29, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:56 p.m.