Triple

T8810498
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aldrich E209647 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a 19th-century American poet, novelist, and editor best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "The Story of a Bad Boy" and his influential role as editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
E781966 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: Thomas Bailey Aldrich | Statement: [Aldrich, usedBy, Thomas Bailey Aldrich]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Context triple: [Aldrich, usedBy, Thomas Bailey Aldrich]
  • A. William W. Howells
    William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
  • B. Charles Dudley Warner
    Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
  • C. John Howells
    John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
  • D. William Dean Howells
    William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
  • E. Edwin Thomas Meredith
    Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American publishing magnate and politician who founded the media company that became Meredith Corporation and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • 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: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Triple: [Aldrich, usedBy, Thomas Bailey Aldrich]
Generated description
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a 19th-century American poet, novelist, and editor best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "The Story of a Bad Boy" and his influential role as editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Target entity description: Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a 19th-century American poet, novelist, and editor best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "The Story of a Bad Boy" and his influential role as editor of The Atlantic Monthly.
  • A. William W. Howells
    William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
  • B. Charles Dudley Warner
    Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
  • C. John Howells
    John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
  • D. William Dean Howells
    William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
  • E. Edwin Thomas Meredith
    Edwin Thomas Meredith was an American publishing magnate and politician who founded the media company that became Meredith Corporation and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
  • 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_69ca8363f3308190a47e3f1ebd51f613 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fed18f8819087b0282bf8c4208c completed March 31, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d054339b988190849092f178a7af2c completed April 3, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d05653bc8881909707ceddb5c0db79 completed April 4, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d056ef48dc8190a6360286e34e06e9 completed April 4, 2026, 12:10 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:45 p.m.