Triple
T10415507
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Octagon House |
E245503
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasArchitect |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Thornton
William Thornton was a British-American physician and self-taught architect best known as the first Architect of the U.S. Capitol and designer of several prominent early Washington, D.C. buildings.
|
E862234
|
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: William Thornton | Statement: [Octagon House, hasArchitect, William Thornton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thornton Context triple: [Octagon House, hasArchitect, William Thornton]
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A.
William Thornton
William Thornton is one of the children of American actor, filmmaker, and musician Billy Bob Thornton.
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B.
William Robert Thornton
William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
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C.
James Hoban
James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
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D.
James Gorham
James Gorham was a colonial-era New England settler associated with early Plymouth Colony family lineages.
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E.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
- 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: William Thornton Triple: [Octagon House, hasArchitect, William Thornton]
Generated description
William Thornton was a British-American physician and self-taught architect best known as the first Architect of the U.S. Capitol and designer of several prominent early Washington, D.C. buildings.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thornton Target entity description: William Thornton was a British-American physician and self-taught architect best known as the first Architect of the U.S. Capitol and designer of several prominent early Washington, D.C. buildings.
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A.
William Thornton
William Thornton is one of the children of American actor, filmmaker, and musician Billy Bob Thornton.
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B.
William Robert Thornton
William Robert Thornton, better known as Billy Bob Thornton, is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician recognized for his roles in films like "Sling Blade" and "A Simple Plan."
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C.
James Hoban
James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
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D.
James Gorham
James Gorham was a colonial-era New England settler associated with early Plymouth Colony family lineages.
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E.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
Benjamin Henry Latrobe was a pioneering British-American architect often regarded as the father of American architecture, known for his influential work on the United States Capitol and other early federal buildings.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4ea0f7d188190a60a7c3832c51515 |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:27 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fc043074819083d219ec1c40f931 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:10 p.m.