Triple
T8480175
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Smith Thompson |
E200493
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Samuel L. Southard |
E711122
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Samuel L. Southard | Statement: [Smith Thompson, succeededBy, Samuel L. Southard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel L. Southard Context triple: [Smith Thompson, succeededBy, Samuel L. Southard]
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A.
Samuel L. Southard
chosen
Samuel L. Southard was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, U.S. Senator, and Governor of New Jersey.
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B.
William H. Huyler
William H. Huyler was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the late 19th century.
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C.
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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D.
William P. Van Ness
William P. Van Ness was an American lawyer, judge, and close ally of Aaron Burr who notably served as Burr’s second in the famous 1804 duel with Alexander Hamilton.
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E.
William De Witt
William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ce6d0a3abc8190a6fde29e728f15fe |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:12 p.m.