Triple
T9534253
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Van Cortlandt family |
E229971
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jacobus Van Cortlandt
Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a prominent colonial-era New York merchant and politician who served multiple terms as mayor of New York City and helped establish the Van Cortlandt family’s lasting influence in the region.
|
E753424
|
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: Jacobus Van Cortlandt | Statement: [Van Cortlandt family, notableMember, Jacobus Van Cortlandt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacobus Van Cortlandt Context triple: [Van Cortlandt family, notableMember, Jacobus Van Cortlandt]
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A.
Frederick Van Cortlandt
Frederick Van Cortlandt was an 18th-century New York landowner and member of the prominent Van Cortlandt family associated with the historic Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx.
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B.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Van Cortlandt
Van Cortlandt is a prominent Dutch-origin family name historically associated with an influential colonial-era New York family involved in politics, landownership, and commerce.
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D.
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer, and writer from New York, known for his literary criticism and involvement in the city’s cultural and intellectual life.
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E.
Thom Schuyler
Thom Schuyler is an American country music songwriter and singer best known for penning numerous hits in the 1980s and serving as a prominent figure in Nashville’s songwriting community.
- 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: Jacobus Van Cortlandt Triple: [Van Cortlandt family, notableMember, Jacobus Van Cortlandt]
Generated description
Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a prominent colonial-era New York merchant and politician who served multiple terms as mayor of New York City and helped establish the Van Cortlandt family’s lasting influence in the region.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacobus Van Cortlandt Target entity description: Jacobus Van Cortlandt was a prominent colonial-era New York merchant and politician who served multiple terms as mayor of New York City and helped establish the Van Cortlandt family’s lasting influence in the region.
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A.
Frederick Van Cortlandt
Frederick Van Cortlandt was an 18th-century New York landowner and member of the prominent Van Cortlandt family associated with the historic Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx.
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B.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Van Cortlandt
chosen
Van Cortlandt is a prominent Dutch-origin family name historically associated with an influential colonial-era New York family involved in politics, landownership, and commerce.
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D.
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer, and writer from New York, known for his literary criticism and involvement in the city’s cultural and intellectual life.
-
E.
Thom Schuyler
Thom Schuyler is an American country music songwriter and singer best known for penning numerous hits in the 1980s and serving as a prominent figure in Nashville’s songwriting community.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca8479934c81908006d0e6e970ae05 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd98c9fef88190beb291b41ee26066 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1612f86ac8190a19a2d17b25c08e6 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d161c432b08190ba848159cc26a00c |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d162fc597081909a57f842e41b1ad4 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.