Triple
T8518189
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ames, Iowa |
E201628
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Oakes Ames |
E698675
|
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: Oakes Ames | Statement: [Ames, Iowa, namedAfter, Oakes Ames]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Oakes Ames Context triple: [Ames, Iowa, namedAfter, Oakes Ames]
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A.
Oakes Ames
chosen
Oakes Ames was a 19th-century American congressman and industrialist best known for his pivotal role in financing and promoting the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad and his involvement in the Crédit Mobilier scandal.
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B.
Joseph Sweetman Ames
Joseph Sweetman Ames was an American physicist, educator, and longtime Johns Hopkins University president who played a key role in early U.S. aeronautics research and leadership of NACA, NASA’s predecessor.
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C.
Winthrop Ames
Winthrop Ames was an influential early 20th-century American theater producer and director known for his artistic leadership on Broadway and his efforts to elevate theatrical standards.
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D.
Edward Levi Ames
Edward Levi Ames was a mountaineer known for being among the climbers who achieved the first recorded ascent of the Lagginhorn in the Swiss Alps.
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E.
John Cotton Dana
John Cotton Dana was an influential American librarian, museum director, and progressive cultural leader known for modernizing libraries and founding the Newark Museum of Art.
- 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe626787c819087e72dd76b2d9310 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4e6c93d081909da2a748b0fa6fd3 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.