Triple

T812448
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Astor family E17574 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.
E110747 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: John Jacob Astor | Statement: [Astor family, foundedBy, John Jacob Astor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jacob Astor
Context triple: [Astor family, foundedBy, John Jacob Astor]
  • A. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • B. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • C. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • D. Henry Clay Frick
    Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
  • E. J. Paul Getty
    J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist and art collector who became one of the world’s richest men through his oil business and later established the J. Paul Getty Museum and related cultural institutions.
  • 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: John Jacob Astor
Triple: [Astor family, foundedBy, John Jacob Astor]
Generated description
John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jacob Astor
Target entity description: John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.
  • A. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • B. Cornelius Vanderbilt
    Cornelius Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American business magnate who built a vast fortune in shipping and railroads, becoming one of the wealthiest and most influential figures of the Gilded Age.
  • C. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • D. Henry Clay Frick
    Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
  • E. J. Paul Getty
    J. Paul Getty was an American industrialist and art collector who became one of the world’s richest men through his oil business and later established the J. Paul Getty Museum and related cultural institutions.
  • 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_69a4937ae8a08190b5084a03d532b30e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ab4c7418819085cb64c6bf5fa70c completed March 1, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a826cc938481909e420185871a5d27 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a83374e5b48190bdacbaa712122fb5 completed March 4, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a833d4832481909d4abf774781c63e completed March 4, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.