Triple

T850296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Madison Memorial Building E18369 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton was an American architectural firm best known for designing major institutional buildings such as the James Madison Memorial Building of the U.S. Library of Congress.
 E99373 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: DeWitt, Poor & Shelton | Statement: [James Madison Memorial Building, architect, DeWitt, Poor & Shelton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
Context triple: [James Madison Memorial Building, architect, DeWitt, Poor & Shelton]
  • A. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • B. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • C. Ticknor, Reed & Fields
    Ticknor, Reed & Fields was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing major works of American literature, including those by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  • D. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
    Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
  • E. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
    Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing major Beaux-Arts and classical revival landmarks, particularly in Chicago.
  • 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: DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
Triple: [James Madison Memorial Building, architect, DeWitt, Poor & Shelton]
Generated description
DeWitt, Poor & Shelton was an American architectural firm best known for designing major institutional buildings such as the James Madison Memorial Building of the U.S. Library of Congress.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: DeWitt, Poor & Shelton
Target entity description: DeWitt, Poor & Shelton was an American architectural firm best known for designing major institutional buildings such as the James Madison Memorial Building of the U.S. Library of Congress.
  • A. Miller, Orton & Mulligan
    Miller, Orton & Mulligan was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing significant works of abolitionist and reform literature.
  • B. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
    Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing New York City's iconic Empire State Building.
  • C. Ticknor, Reed & Fields
    Ticknor, Reed & Fields was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing firm known for issuing major works of American literature, including those by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
  • D. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson
    Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm renowned for its Gothic Revival and collegiate designs, particularly churches and university buildings.
  • E. Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
    Graham, Anderson, Probst & White was a prominent early 20th-century American architectural firm known for designing major Beaux-Arts and classical revival landmarks, particularly in Chicago.
  • 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_69a4ac215194819099e6bc1b5df58fb3 completed March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a792a0666c8190bfc9166d45b4e867 completed March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a793563cc881909381f898f240c0bd completed March 4, 2026, 2:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7941add588190913198a7f7b20943 completed March 4, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.