Triple
T10308257
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Frederick William Seward |
E241819
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William H. Seward Jr. |
E244356
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William H. Seward Jr. | Statement: [Frederick William Seward, relative, William H. Seward Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Seward Jr. Context triple: [Frederick William Seward, relative, William H. Seward Jr.]
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A.
William Henry Seward Jr.
chosen
William Henry Seward Jr. was an American banker and Union Army brigadier general during the Civil War, known also as the son of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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B.
William H. Seward
William H. Seward was a 19th-century American statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson and was a leading figure in the Union war effort and postwar expansion.
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C.
Frederick William Seward
Frederick William Seward was an American politician and diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State during his father William H. Seward’s tenure as U.S. Secretary of State, notably surviving an assassination attempt the night of Abraham Lincoln’s murder.
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D.
Samuel S. Seward
Samuel S. Seward was an American physician, landowner, and politician best known as the father of U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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E.
Albert Charles Seward
Albert Charles Seward was a British botanist and geologist known for his pioneering work in paleobotany and the study of fossil plants.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d381ac38808190a8ca7457c85b625b |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4d3291d848190a397356ad8058310 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d794ddbd9081909a534b29b3f75774 |
completed | April 9, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:47 a.m.