Triple
T8480174
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smith Thompson |
E200493
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Benjamin W. Crowninshield was an American politician and merchant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy during the early 19th century.
|
E738995
|
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: Benjamin W. Crowninshield | Statement: [Smith Thompson, precededBy, Benjamin W. Crowninshield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin W. Crowninshield Context triple: [Smith Thompson, precededBy, Benjamin W. Crowninshield]
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A.
Robert H. Treman
Robert H. Treman was a prominent Ithaca, New York businessman and conservationist whose philanthropy and land donations helped establish the state park that bears his name.
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B.
George Cabot
George Cabot was an American Federalist politician and statesman from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Senate and became a leading voice of New England Federalism in the early 19th century.
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C.
Thomas A. Bartlett
Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
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D.
Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and lexicographer known for his work on early American dictionaries and his service in the U.S. Congress and as lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
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E.
Edwards Pierrepont
Edwards Pierrepont was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and later Minister to the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
- 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: Benjamin W. Crowninshield Triple: [Smith Thompson, precededBy, Benjamin W. Crowninshield]
Generated description
Benjamin W. Crowninshield was an American politician and merchant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy during the early 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin W. Crowninshield Target entity description: Benjamin W. Crowninshield was an American politician and merchant who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy during the early 19th century.
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A.
Robert H. Treman
Robert H. Treman was a prominent Ithaca, New York businessman and conservationist whose philanthropy and land donations helped establish the state park that bears his name.
-
B.
George Cabot
George Cabot was an American Federalist politician and statesman from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Senate and became a leading voice of New England Federalism in the early 19th century.
-
C.
Thomas A. Bartlett
Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
-
D.
Chauncey Goodrich
Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer, politician, and lexicographer known for his work on early American dictionaries and his service in the U.S. Congress and as lieutenant governor of Connecticut.
-
E.
Edwards Pierrepont
Edwards Pierrepont was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and later Minister to the United Kingdom in the 19th century.
- 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_69ca831b17988190a1f3f3413d57b820 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe5232d008190ae55b982f5fc9e8b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4de95e3081908277c65598f3884a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce5028c38c81908e81390d0be21387 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce517fea7c819098d0343fd2c4ccdd |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:22 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:12 p.m.