Triple
T838705
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stephen Crane |
E18127
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Howe Crane
William Howe Crane was an American lawyer and the older brother of author Stephen Crane, known for his legal career and support of his sibling's literary pursuits.
|
E106612
|
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: William Howe Crane | Statement: [Stephen Crane, sibling, William Howe Crane]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howe Crane Context triple: [Stephen Crane, sibling, William Howe Crane]
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A.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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B.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
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C.
James Warren Sever
James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
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D.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
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E.
Charles H. Corlett
Charles H. Corlett was a U.S. Army major general in World War II known for leading American forces in several key Pacific and European operations.
- 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: William Howe Crane Triple: [Stephen Crane, sibling, William Howe Crane]
Generated description
William Howe Crane was an American lawyer and the older brother of author Stephen Crane, known for his legal career and support of his sibling's literary pursuits.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howe Crane Target entity description: William Howe Crane was an American lawyer and the older brother of author Stephen Crane, known for his legal career and support of his sibling's literary pursuits.
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A.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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B.
Henry Gage
Henry Gage was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 20th governor of California from 1899 to 1903.
-
C.
James Warren Sever
James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
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D.
Benjamin C. Howard
Benjamin C. Howard was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court, where he compiled and published the official Howard Reports.
-
E.
Charles H. Corlett
Charles H. Corlett was a U.S. Army major general in World War II known for leading American forces in several key Pacific and European operations.
- 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_69a49389f44881909a608fb27d89f247 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4abd0e8bc8190afe29cd4745c2f86 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7c714fc948190b84d34192b0064ff |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7c82c5b888190ae5440f5d06d2bce |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7c8991e7c81908c31d60f9a7f2340 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 5:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.