Triple

T7755817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Boston Associates E175892 entity
Predicate keyMember P44793 FINISHED
Object William Appleton
William Appleton was a prominent 19th-century New England merchant, industrialist, and politician who played a significant role in the early American textile and railroad industries.
 E688229 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: William Appleton | Statement: [Boston Associates, keyMember, William Appleton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Appleton
Context triple: [Boston Associates, keyMember, William Appleton]
  • A. Thomas Gold Appleton
    Thomas Gold Appleton was a 19th-century American writer, wit, and patron of the arts from Boston, known for his epigrams and cultural influence in New England society.
  • B. Augustus Gaylord
    Augustus Gaylord was an early settler and influential figure after whom the city of Gaylord, Michigan, was named.
  • C. William Larimer Mellon Sr.
    William Larimer Mellon Sr. was an American businessman and member of the prominent Mellon family who co-founded the major petroleum company Gulf Oil.
  • D. Edward Mead Johnson
    Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
  • E. John Alsop King
    John Alsop King was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New York and was a prominent member of the Whig Party.
  • 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: William Appleton
Triple: [Boston Associates, keyMember, William Appleton]
Generated description
William Appleton was a prominent 19th-century New England merchant, industrialist, and politician who played a significant role in the early American textile and railroad industries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Appleton
Target entity description: William Appleton was a prominent 19th-century New England merchant, industrialist, and politician who played a significant role in the early American textile and railroad industries.
  • A. Thomas Gold Appleton
    Thomas Gold Appleton was a 19th-century American writer, wit, and patron of the arts from Boston, known for his epigrams and cultural influence in New England society.
  • B. Augustus Gaylord
    Augustus Gaylord was an early settler and influential figure after whom the city of Gaylord, Michigan, was named.
  • C. William Larimer Mellon Sr.
    William Larimer Mellon Sr. was an American businessman and member of the prominent Mellon family who co-founded the major petroleum company Gulf Oil.
  • D. Edward Mead Johnson
    Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
  • E. John Alsop King
    John Alsop King was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New York and was a prominent member of the Whig Party.
  • 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_69c6996180088190832e38e8d83ff54a completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c703d9d8fc8190b51faeb081ee425f completed March 27, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8d6c06f54819096162e84180918ba completed March 29, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8d74cc52c8190bbbfff7d4c57cc99 completed March 29, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8d80a88f8819098bdb678e86f9be9 completed March 29, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.