Triple

T8810504
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aldrich E209647 entity
Predicate usedBy P260 FINISHED
Object Charles Aldrich
Charles Aldrich was a 19th-century American journalist, politician, and antiquarian best known for founding the Iowa State Historical Department and preserving the state’s historical records.
E767119 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: Charles Aldrich | Statement: [Aldrich, usedBy, Charles Aldrich]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Aldrich
Context triple: [Aldrich, usedBy, Charles Aldrich]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Charles Lowell
    Charles Lowell was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian minister and the father of poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
  • C. George W. Brooks
    George W. Brooks was a film editor known for his work on the 1969 Western comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff!"
  • D. Edward Vincent Bracken
    Edward Vincent Bracken was an American comedic actor best known for his roles in 1940s Hollywood films such as "Hail the Conquering Hero" and "The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek."
  • E. George W. Chapman
    George W. Chapman was an American politician who served in 19th-century New York state government, including in key roles related to the administration of its canal system.
  • 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: Charles Aldrich
Triple: [Aldrich, usedBy, Charles Aldrich]
Generated description
Charles Aldrich was a 19th-century American journalist, politician, and antiquarian best known for founding the Iowa State Historical Department and preserving the state’s historical records.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Aldrich
Target entity description: Charles Aldrich was a 19th-century American journalist, politician, and antiquarian best known for founding the Iowa State Historical Department and preserving the state’s historical records.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Charles Lowell
    Charles Lowell was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian minister and the father of poet and critic James Russell Lowell.
  • C. George W. Brooks
    George W. Brooks was a film editor known for his work on the 1969 Western comedy "Support Your Local Sheriff!"
  • D. Edward Vincent Bracken
    Edward Vincent Bracken was an American comedic actor best known for his roles in 1940s Hollywood films such as "Hail the Conquering Hero" and "The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek."
  • E. George W. Chapman
    George W. Chapman was an American politician who served in 19th-century New York state government, including in key roles related to the administration of its canal system.
  • 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_69cfc1bee344819084ec6e20ea01728f completed April 3, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfc25fdf3481909d9821f7728b0c5b completed April 3, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfc2e808408190b9bc44ed21fc67d9 completed April 3, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:45 p.m.