Triple
T8961408
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York |
E214013
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBurial |
P196
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edward H. Butler Sr.
Edward H. Butler Sr. was a prominent American newspaper publisher and editor, best known for owning and leading the Buffalo Evening News.
|
E769078
|
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: Edward H. Butler Sr. | Statement: [Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York, hasNotableBurial, Edward H. Butler Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward H. Butler Sr. Context triple: [Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York, hasNotableBurial, Edward H. Butler Sr.]
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A.
Joseph G. Butler Jr.
Joseph G. Butler Jr. was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known for his patronage of the arts and cultural institutions in Youngstown, Ohio.
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B.
Wilmer C. Butler
Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
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C.
Andrew P. Butler
Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
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D.
R. Dale Butts
R. Dale Butts was an American film composer and arranger known for scoring numerous mid-20th-century Westerns and adventure films.
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E.
Melvin H. Evans
Melvin H. Evans was an American physician and politician who became the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and later served as the territory’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 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: Edward H. Butler Sr. Triple: [Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, New York, hasNotableBurial, Edward H. Butler Sr.]
Generated description
Edward H. Butler Sr. was a prominent American newspaper publisher and editor, best known for owning and leading the Buffalo Evening News.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edward H. Butler Sr. Target entity description: Edward H. Butler Sr. was a prominent American newspaper publisher and editor, best known for owning and leading the Buffalo Evening News.
-
A.
Joseph G. Butler Jr.
Joseph G. Butler Jr. was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known for his patronage of the arts and cultural institutions in Youngstown, Ohio.
-
B.
Wilmer C. Butler
Wilmer C. Butler, better known as Bill Butler, was an American cinematographer renowned for his work on films such as "Jaws," "Rocky II–IV," and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."
-
C.
Andrew P. Butler
Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
-
D.
R. Dale Butts
R. Dale Butts was an American film composer and arranger known for scoring numerous mid-20th-century Westerns and adventure films.
-
E.
Melvin H. Evans
Melvin H. Evans was an American physician and politician who became the first elected governor of the United States Virgin Islands and later served as the territory’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.
- 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_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6748baa88190ac54e701dc4d6212 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc94e088881909506b229d1fff44a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfc9ef5e548190a134c2bf0aa380b5 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfca735c50819088c2805c62d96d62 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7 p.m.