Triple
T8193141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States presidential election, 1896 |
E191362
|
entity |
| Predicate | DemocraticRunningMate |
P1793
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arthur Sewall
Arthur Sewall was an American shipbuilder, businessman, and politician from Maine who is best known for serving as William Jennings Bryan’s Democratic vice-presidential running mate in the 1896 U.S. presidential election.
|
E718332
|
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: Arthur Sewall | Statement: [United States presidential election, 1896, DemocraticRunningMate, Arthur Sewall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Sewall Context triple: [United States presidential election, 1896, DemocraticRunningMate, Arthur Sewall]
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A.
Stephen Sewall
Stephen Sewall was an 18th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature.
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B.
Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
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C.
Samuel Willard
Samuel Willard was an early American clergyman and educator known for his role in colonial New England religious and educational life.
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D.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
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E.
Eleazar Mather
Eleazar Mather was a 17th-century Puritan minister in New England and the older brother of prominent clergyman Increase Mather.
- 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: Arthur Sewall Triple: [United States presidential election, 1896, DemocraticRunningMate, Arthur Sewall]
Generated description
Arthur Sewall was an American shipbuilder, businessman, and politician from Maine who is best known for serving as William Jennings Bryan’s Democratic vice-presidential running mate in the 1896 U.S. presidential election.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur Sewall Target entity description: Arthur Sewall was an American shipbuilder, businessman, and politician from Maine who is best known for serving as William Jennings Bryan’s Democratic vice-presidential running mate in the 1896 U.S. presidential election.
-
A.
Stephen Sewall
Stephen Sewall was an 18th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature.
-
B.
Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
-
C.
Samuel Willard
Samuel Willard was an early American clergyman and educator known for his role in colonial New England religious and educational life.
-
D.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
-
E.
Eleazar Mather
Eleazar Mather was a 17th-century Puritan minister in New England and the older brother of prominent clergyman Increase Mather.
- 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_69ca82c5b6948190a583c096fb0a6c71 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb5c1d7aa48190adbbce88b3bed1a3 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 5:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cceda1b22c8190acc1a2cd0fe36b70 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ccf1b706f08190993f4a75eac5f49c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd059457788190a900402ee4cd50d5 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 11:46 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:42 p.m.