Triple
T10100522
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alger County, Michigan |
E216186
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedFor |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Russell A. Alger
Russell A. Alger was an American Civil War general, businessman, and Republican politician who served as Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War.
|
E1005218
|
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: Russell A. Alger | Statement: [Alger County, Michigan, namedFor, Russell A. Alger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell A. Alger Context triple: [Alger County, Michigan, namedFor, Russell A. Alger]
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A.
George A. Trenholm
George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
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B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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C.
Albert E. Smith
Albert E. Smith was a pioneering film producer and early motion picture entrepreneur who co-founded one of the first major American movie studios.
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D.
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
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E.
Asa B. Fridley
Asa B. Fridley was an early settler and influential local figure after whom the city of Fridley, Minnesota, was named.
- 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: Russell A. Alger Triple: [Alger County, Michigan, namedFor, Russell A. Alger]
Generated description
Russell A. Alger was an American Civil War general, businessman, and Republican politician who served as Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Russell A. Alger Target entity description: Russell A. Alger was an American Civil War general, businessman, and Republican politician who served as Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War.
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A.
George A. Trenholm
George A. Trenholm was an American merchant and politician who served as the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury during the final year of the American Civil War.
-
B.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
-
C.
Albert E. Smith
Albert E. Smith was a pioneering film producer and early motion picture entrepreneur who co-founded one of the first major American movie studios.
-
D.
Albert S. Ruddy
Albert S. Ruddy is a Canadian-born film and television producer best known for his Academy Award–winning work on landmark films such as "The Godfather" and "Million Dollar Baby."
-
E.
Asa B. Fridley
Asa B. Fridley was an early settler and influential local figure after whom the city of Fridley, Minnesota, was named.
- 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdd09878f88190bcfa2c81fb10e821 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f68e99c2608190b923ca8a9178fea2 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f69061011c81908cb045925cfefdd7 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:01 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f69138b40881909e9c74d6d922e1f3 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 12:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:02 p.m.