Triple
T9108534
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Catawba language |
E218536
|
entity |
| Predicate | documentedBy |
P4310
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Frank G. Speck
Frank G. Speck was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Native American cultures and languages in the eastern United States.
|
E778729
|
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: Frank G. Speck | Statement: [Catawba language, documentedBy, Frank G. Speck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank G. Speck Context triple: [Catawba language, documentedBy, Frank G. Speck]
-
A.
Alfred V. Kidder
Alfred V. Kidder was a pioneering American archaeologist renowned for developing stratigraphic excavation methods and advancing the study of ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern U.S. cultures.
-
B.
Conrad J. Sauer
Conrad J. Sauer was an American pharmacist and entrepreneur best known for founding The C.F. Sauer Company, a major producer of flavoring extracts and spices.
-
C.
J. Walter Fewkes
J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
-
D.
Albert Samuel Gatschet
Albert Samuel Gatschet was a 19th-century Swiss-American linguist and ethnologist known for his pioneering documentation of Native American languages and cultures.
-
E.
Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
- 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: Frank G. Speck Triple: [Catawba language, documentedBy, Frank G. Speck]
Generated description
Frank G. Speck was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Native American cultures and languages in the eastern United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frank G. Speck Target entity description: Frank G. Speck was an American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive fieldwork and documentation of Native American cultures and languages in the eastern United States.
-
A.
Alfred V. Kidder
Alfred V. Kidder was a pioneering American archaeologist renowned for developing stratigraphic excavation methods and advancing the study of ancient Mesoamerican and Southwestern U.S. cultures.
-
B.
Conrad J. Sauer
Conrad J. Sauer was an American pharmacist and entrepreneur best known for founding The C.F. Sauer Company, a major producer of flavoring extracts and spices.
-
C.
J. Walter Fewkes
J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
-
D.
Albert Samuel Gatschet
Albert Samuel Gatschet was a 19th-century Swiss-American linguist and ethnologist known for his pioneering documentation of Native American languages and cultures.
-
E.
Alfred L. Kroeber
Alfred L. Kroeber was a pioneering American anthropologist known for his influential work on Native American cultures, linguistic anthropology, and the development of cultural anthropology in the United States.
- 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_69ca83db7448819090d0a5de842ef2ac |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca57543448190829853c31e05dd8c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d03038dba48190991cb76576349bc3 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:25 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d031a55a88819090cea52b192e9f55 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d03252748c8190bd362f205a6fc20a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.