Triple

T8230
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooklyn Bridge E163 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object John A. Roebling
John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
E5551 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 A. Roebling | Statement: [Brooklyn Bridge, designer, John A. Roebling]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Roebling
Context triple: [Brooklyn Bridge, designer, John A. Roebling]
  • A. Richard Morris Hunt
    Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
  • B. Calvert Vaux
    Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
  • C. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • D. Henry Bessemer
    Henry Bessemer was a 19th-century English inventor and engineer best known for developing the Bessemer process, which revolutionized mass steel production.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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 A. Roebling
Triple: [Brooklyn Bridge, designer, John A. Roebling]
Generated description
John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Roebling
Target entity description: John A. Roebling was a 19th-century German-American civil engineer and pioneer of wire rope suspension bridges, best known for conceiving and designing the Brooklyn Bridge.
  • A. Richard Morris Hunt
    Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.
  • B. Calvert Vaux
    Calvert Vaux was a 19th-century British-American architect and landscape designer best known for co-designing New York City's Central Park and contributing to many of its major public buildings and spaces.
  • C. John Sutter
    John Sutter was a Swiss-born pioneer and landowner in Mexican and early American California, best known for establishing the agricultural empire around which Sacramento developed and for his connection to the California Gold Rush.
  • D. William Barton Rogers
    William Barton Rogers was a 19th-century American geologist and educator best known for establishing the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and shaping its practical, science-focused educational philosophy.
  • E. William Armstrong
    William Armstrong is a common name shared by several notable individuals, including engineers, politicians, and athletes, whose specific identity depends on the context in which the name appears.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: designer
Context triple: [Brooklyn Bridge, designer, John A. Roebling]
  • A. designedBy chosen
    Indicates that one entity is the creator, planner, or architect responsible for the form or structure of another entity.
  • B. founder
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • C. director
    Indicates that one entity serves as the director (creative or managerial leader) of another entity, such as a film, organization, or project.
  • D. designPhilosophy
    Indicates the guiding principles, values, or conceptual approach that shape how something is designed or created.
  • E. employer
    Indicates a relationship where one entity hires, pays, and oversees the work of another entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2407916ac8190b76d2e6690efaef3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2552ac50c819085e4e45c00cd7956 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2569c52808190acb928405528d174 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2575b51188190b8fce6ea4e424ce1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23fe3a87881909ab95bb3a0b474ec completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.