Triple

T982595
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mason–Dixon Line E21202 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Charles Mason
Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
E116178 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: Charles Mason | Statement: [Mason–Dixon Line, namedAfter, Charles Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mason
Context triple: [Mason–Dixon Line, namedAfter, Charles Mason]
  • A. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • B. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • C. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • D. John Cassin
    John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
  • E. Ernest W. Bowditch
    Ernest W. Bowditch was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing grounds for major estates and public spaces 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: Charles Mason
Triple: [Mason–Dixon Line, namedAfter, Charles Mason]
Generated description
Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Mason
Target entity description: Charles Mason was an 18th-century English astronomer and surveyor best known for co-surveying the Mason–Dixon Line that defined part of the boundary between the American colonies.
  • A. Henry Markham
    Henry Markham was an American politician who served as the 18th governor of California from 1891 to 1895.
  • B. Robert Bylot
    Robert Bylot was a 17th-century English Arctic explorer and navigator known for his key role in early voyages searching for the Northwest Passage.
  • C. John Mason
    John Mason was a 17th-century English colonial military leader in New England, best known for his pivotal and controversial role in the Pequot War.
  • D. John Cassin
    John Cassin was a 19th-century American ornithologist known for describing numerous bird species and contributing significantly to early American bird taxonomy.
  • E. Ernest W. Bowditch
    Ernest W. Bowditch was a prominent American landscape architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for designing grounds for major estates and public spaces 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b49284ac8190b1d7c828d728893c completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1ce14ffc8190b2d0a7915960ff89 completed March 7, 2026, 12:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1dcf739081909c38eb936425f666 completed March 7, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1e41d0a081908e890ce6aeccc87f completed March 7, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.