Triple
T78702
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Profiles in Courage |
E1577
|
entity |
| Predicate | describes |
P264
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sam Houston
Sam Houston was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and military leader best known for securing Texas’s independence from Mexico and serving as both President of the Republic of Texas and later Governor of Texas.
|
E10439
|
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: Sam Houston | Statement: [Profiles in Courage, describes, Sam Houston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Houston Context triple: [Profiles in Courage, describes, Sam Houston]
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A.
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau B. Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to promote public education.
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B.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
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C.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
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D.
George Wallace
George Wallace was a four-term governor of Alabama and a prominent segregationist figure in mid-20th-century American politics, known for his staunch opposition to the civil rights movement.
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E.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
- 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: Sam Houston Triple: [Profiles in Courage, describes, Sam Houston]
Generated description
Sam Houston was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and military leader best known for securing Texas’s independence from Mexico and serving as both President of the Republic of Texas and later Governor of Texas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam Houston Target entity description: Sam Houston was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and military leader best known for securing Texas’s independence from Mexico and serving as both President of the Republic of Texas and later Governor of Texas.
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A.
Mirabeau B. Lamar
Mirabeau B. Lamar was the second president of the Republic of Texas, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to promote public education.
-
B.
John Taylor Johnston
John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
-
C.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and a leading political figure of the Southern secessionist cause.
-
D.
George Wallace
George Wallace was a four-term governor of Alabama and a prominent segregationist figure in mid-20th-century American politics, known for his staunch opposition to the civil rights movement.
-
E.
Randall Woodfin
Randall Woodfin is an American politician and attorney who serves as the progressive, reform-focused mayor of Birmingham, Alabama.
- 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a275e2a91c81908ec21814794d70a6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a276c04f308190b3089549a8bc7cec |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a277437a1c819086ce4faf0e913a1d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 5:04 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.