Triple
T8468080
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1910 United States Census |
E200212
|
entity |
| Predicate | headOfCensusBureau |
P18102
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
E. Dana Durand
E. Dana Durand was an American economist and statistician who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau in the early 20th century.
|
E736528
|
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: E. Dana Durand | Statement: [1910 United States Census, headOfCensusBureau, E. Dana Durand]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Dana Durand Context triple: [1910 United States Census, headOfCensusBureau, E. Dana Durand]
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A.
Nancy Eldredge
Nancy Eldredge is the central character in Mary Higgins Clark’s suspense novel "Where Are the Children?", a woman haunted by a tragic past and thrust into a new nightmare when her children mysteriously disappear.
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B.
Delos A. Blodgett
Delos A. Blodgett was a 19th-century American lumber baron and philanthropist from Michigan, known for his significant role in the region’s timber industry and civic development.
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C.
Eliot Lindauer
Eliot Lindauer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Lindauer surname.
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D.
Leslie Urdang
Leslie Urdang is an American theater and film producer known for co-founding New York's Off-Broadway theater company the New Group and producing numerous acclaimed stage and screen projects.
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E.
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick was an American actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Square Pegs" and as David Marcus in the "Star Trek" film franchise.
- 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: E. Dana Durand Triple: [1910 United States Census, headOfCensusBureau, E. Dana Durand]
Generated description
E. Dana Durand was an American economist and statistician who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Dana Durand Target entity description: E. Dana Durand was an American economist and statistician who served as Director of the U.S. Census Bureau in the early 20th century.
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A.
Nancy Eldredge
Nancy Eldredge is the central character in Mary Higgins Clark’s suspense novel "Where Are the Children?", a woman haunted by a tragic past and thrust into a new nightmare when her children mysteriously disappear.
-
B.
Delos A. Blodgett
Delos A. Blodgett was a 19th-century American lumber baron and philanthropist from Michigan, known for his significant role in the region’s timber industry and civic development.
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C.
Eliot Lindauer
Eliot Lindauer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Lindauer surname.
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D.
Leslie Urdang
Leslie Urdang is an American theater and film producer known for co-founding New York's Off-Broadway theater company the New Group and producing numerous acclaimed stage and screen projects.
-
E.
Merritt Butrick
Merritt Butrick was an American actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Square Pegs" and as David Marcus in the "Star Trek" film franchise.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: headOfCensusBureau Context triple: [1910 United States Census, headOfCensusBureau, E. Dana Durand]
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A.
currentSecretary
Indicates that one entity currently holds the position or role of secretary for another entity.
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B.
headOfOffice
chosen
Indicates that one entity serves as the chief or leading authority in charge of a particular office or organizational unit.
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C.
Rush Holt Sr.
Indicates a familial or nominal relationship involving the person named Rush Holt Sr., typically used to distinguish him from similarly named individuals (e.g., a son with the same name).
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D.
formerDirector
Indicates that one entity previously held the position of director of the other entity but no longer does.
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E.
headOfGovernmentDepartment
Indicates that one entity serves as the leader or chief official in charge of a particular government department.
- 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_69ca831a4f348190bfdd09250e86ae35 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe4d445f48190884df64bb1aebd41 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce39ead11c8190bf1524713a44a6fe |
completed | April 2, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce3b1e188c8190ad894478141f6501 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 9:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce3bfd00948190b3956be3f8c5d547 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 9:50 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69cbd10072cc819084be1ed9ac7ebe9d |
completed | March 31, 2026, 1:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:11 p.m.