Triple
T9501748
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Davis Ticknor |
E229157
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howard Malcom Ticknor
Howard Malcom Ticknor was a 19th-century American editor and publisher associated with the Boston-based Ticknor family of prominent literary figures.
|
E808652
|
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: Howard Malcom Ticknor | Statement: [William Davis Ticknor, child, Howard Malcom Ticknor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Malcom Ticknor Context triple: [William Davis Ticknor, child, Howard Malcom Ticknor]
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A.
William Davis Ticknor
William Davis Ticknor was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential Boston publishing house Ticknor and Fields.
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B.
Charles Wolcott
Charles Wolcott was an American composer and music director best known for his work on numerous Walt Disney animated films in the 1940s.
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C.
Charles Coffin Jewett
Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
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D.
Henry Varnum Poor
Henry Varnum Poor was a 19th-century American financial analyst and publisher whose work in railroad investment reporting laid the foundation for the modern credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
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E.
Henry Varnum Poor
Henry Varnum Poor was an American painter, sculptor, and architect known for his modernist work and for helping shape mid-20th-century art education.
- 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: Howard Malcom Ticknor Triple: [William Davis Ticknor, child, Howard Malcom Ticknor]
Generated description
Howard Malcom Ticknor was a 19th-century American editor and publisher associated with the Boston-based Ticknor family of prominent literary figures.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Malcom Ticknor Target entity description: Howard Malcom Ticknor was a 19th-century American editor and publisher associated with the Boston-based Ticknor family of prominent literary figures.
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A.
William Davis Ticknor
William Davis Ticknor was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential Boston publishing house Ticknor and Fields.
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B.
Charles Wolcott
Charles Wolcott was an American composer and music director best known for his work on numerous Walt Disney animated films in the 1940s.
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C.
Charles Coffin Jewett
Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
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D.
Henry Varnum Poor
Henry Varnum Poor was a 19th-century American financial analyst and publisher whose work in railroad investment reporting laid the foundation for the modern credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s.
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E.
Henry Varnum Poor
Henry Varnum Poor was an American painter, sculptor, and architect known for his modernist work and for helping shape mid-20th-century art education.
- 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_69ca84753660819098e8d416e89e26ae |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd983d4b708190a4dfef1246986a26 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d16126726c81908e6194a5db342c57 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1634b3cf481909725074696790247 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d163e654388190ba9b617e6fac18ad |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:57 p.m.