Triple

T844868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McHenry County, Illinois E18255 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William McHenry
William McHenry was an early 19th-century American pioneer and politician from Illinois, recognized for his role in the state’s frontier development and military service, for which McHenry County was named in his honor.
E133895 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 McHenry | Statement: [McHenry County, Illinois, namedAfter, William McHenry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McHenry
Context triple: [McHenry County, Illinois, namedAfter, William McHenry]
  • A. George Washington
    George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
  • B. John Hanson
    John Hanson was an American Revolutionary-era politician from Maryland who served as a key leader in the early United States government and is sometimes cited as one of the nation’s first presiding executives under the Articles of Confederation.
  • C. James McHenry
    James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
  • D. William Paterson
    William Paterson was an American statesman, New Jersey governor, and U.S. Supreme Court justice who played a key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution, including proposing the New Jersey Plan.
  • E. Jefferson
    Jefferson is the middle name of William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.
  • 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 McHenry
Triple: [McHenry County, Illinois, namedAfter, William McHenry]
Generated description
William McHenry was an early 19th-century American pioneer and politician from Illinois, recognized for his role in the state’s frontier development and military service, for which McHenry County was named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McHenry
Target entity description: William McHenry was an early 19th-century American pioneer and politician from Illinois, recognized for his role in the state’s frontier development and military service, for which McHenry County was named in his honor.
  • A. George Washington
    George Washington was the first president of the United States and a key leader of the American Revolutionary War, often referred to as the "Father of His Country."
  • B. John Hanson
    John Hanson was an American Revolutionary-era politician from Maryland who served as a key leader in the early United States government and is sometimes cited as one of the nation’s first presiding executives under the Articles of Confederation.
  • C. James McHenry
    James McHenry was an American statesman, physician, Revolutionary War surgeon, and U.S. Secretary of War under Presidents George Washington and John Adams.
  • D. William Paterson
    William Paterson was an American statesman, New Jersey governor, and U.S. Supreme Court justice who played a key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution, including proposing the New Jersey Plan.
  • E. Jefferson
    Jefferson is the middle name of William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States.
  • 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_69a4938b04208190b82e1df6b572c548 completed March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ac09249c8190a8099b94a3c9e2cc completed March 1, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac660a86d881908ae96a5492c9b9a2 completed March 7, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac67e76c3881908643b5b861826610 completed March 7, 2026, 6:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac684ea69c819098beb37929bdb47a completed March 7, 2026, 6:02 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.