Triple

T784704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Buchanan E16575 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Buchanan
Buchanan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures, including the 15th U.S. president James Buchanan.
 E94279 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: Buchanan | Statement: [James Buchanan, familyName, Buchanan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Buchanan
Context triple: [James Buchanan, familyName, Buchanan]
  • A. Johnson
    Johnson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • B. Wilson
    Wilson is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the North Side that serves as a major stop on the Red Line.
  • C. Wilson
    Wilson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Clinton
    Clinton is a prominent American political surname most famously associated with Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State, senator, and First Lady.
  • E. Clinton
    Clinton is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the county seat of Anderson County and is part of the greater Knoxville region.
  • 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: Buchanan
Triple: [James Buchanan, familyName, Buchanan]
Generated description
Buchanan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures, including the 15th U.S. president James Buchanan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Buchanan
Target entity description: Buchanan is a Scottish-origin surname borne by numerous notable figures, including the 15th U.S. president James Buchanan.
  • A. Johnson
    Johnson is a common English surname borne by numerous notable individuals across politics, arts, sports, and other fields.
  • B. Wilson
    Wilson is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the North Side that serves as a major stop on the Red Line.
  • C. Wilson
    Wilson is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable figures across fields such as science, politics, sports, and the arts.
  • D. Clinton
    Clinton is a prominent American political surname most famously associated with Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. Secretary of State, senator, and First Lady.
  • E. Clinton
    Clinton is a small city in eastern Tennessee that serves as the county seat of Anderson County and is part of the greater Knoxville region.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a769dc6481908f12e872f997acf3 completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a67efd612481909580fbef3605dcbc completed March 3, 2026, 6:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a67f5a246481908bde953b245a6b5e completed March 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a6808fe5748190b95959ee23ee6241 completed March 3, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.