Triple
T9784249
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bascom Affair |
E237452
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Nicholas Bascom
George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
|
E840179
|
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: George Nicholas Bascom | Statement: [Bascom Affair, namedAfter, George Nicholas Bascom]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Nicholas Bascom Context triple: [Bascom Affair, namedAfter, George Nicholas Bascom]
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A.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
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B.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
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C.
Delos C. Emmons
Delos C. Emmons was a senior United States Army Air Forces general best known for his leadership roles in air defense and command positions during World War II.
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D.
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
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E.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
- 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: George Nicholas Bascom Triple: [Bascom Affair, namedAfter, George Nicholas Bascom]
Generated description
George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Nicholas Bascom Target entity description: George Nicholas Bascom was a U.S. Army officer whose role in a pivotal 1861 confrontation with the Apache leader Cochise made him a notable, if controversial, figure in the early Apache Wars.
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A.
George M. Dawson
George M. Dawson was a Canadian geologist and surveyor whose exploratory work in the Yukon and western Canada led to several places, including Dawson City, being named in his honor.
-
B.
Theodore Gill
Theodore Gill was a 19th-century American ichthyologist and zoologist known for his extensive work in fish classification and taxonomy.
-
C.
Delos C. Emmons
Delos C. Emmons was a senior United States Army Air Forces general best known for his leadership roles in air defense and command positions during World War II.
-
D.
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana was a prominent 19th-century American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist known for his influential works on volcanic activity, mountain-building, and systematic mineral classification.
-
E.
Matthew Meigs
Matthew Meigs was an American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing The Hill School, a prominent preparatory boarding school in Pennsylvania.
- 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_69ca84da927881909bda80caecad6010 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda1b7740c8190bfb4997eb683d78a |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d2b5aab5408190aacdc310222bb85b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d2b741cad481909f04e2f8da68753c |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d2b805afa08190a43745d764a75050 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:27 p.m.