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]
  • 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.
  • C. Eliot Lindauer
    Eliot Lindauer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Lindauer surname.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • C. Eliot Lindauer
    Eliot Lindauer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Lindauer surname.
  • 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]
  • A. currentSecretary
    Indicates that one entity currently holds the position or role of secretary for another entity.
  • B. headOfOffice chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the chief or leading authority in charge of a particular office or organizational unit.
  • 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).
  • D. formerDirector
    Indicates that one entity previously held the position of director of the other entity but no longer does.
  • 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.