Triple
T1045341
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Voyage of Life: Old Age |
E22564
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalCommissioner |
P3178
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Ward
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
|
E175415
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Samuel Ward | Statement: [The Voyage of Life: Old Age, originalCommissioner, Samuel Ward]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Ward Context triple: [The Voyage of Life: Old Age, originalCommissioner, Samuel Ward]
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A.
Samuel Downing
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
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B.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
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C.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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D.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor 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: Samuel Ward Triple: [The Voyage of Life: Old Age, originalCommissioner, Samuel Ward]
Generated description
Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Ward Target entity description: Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
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A.
Samuel Downing
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
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B.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
-
C.
John Blatchley
John Blatchley was a British theatre director and educator best known as a co-founder of the influential Drama Centre London acting school.
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D.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
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E.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: originalCommissioner Context triple: [The Voyage of Life: Old Age, originalCommissioner, Samuel Ward]
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A.
commissioner
chosen
Indicates that an entity holds the role or position of commissioner in relation to another entity or context.
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B.
formerDirector
Indicates that one entity previously held the position of director of the other entity but no longer does.
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C.
commissionerIsPartOf
Indicates that a commissioner belongs to, is a member of, or is organizationally included within a larger entity or group.
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D.
commissionerAtFounding
Indicates that an entity served as a commissioner at the time of an organization's or institution's founding.
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E.
commissionerAtTime
Indicates that a person holds the role or position of commissioner during a specified time or time interval.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69a493d91478819094cc01fb65564bc1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b8f28c7c8190b9ca3749666bcbf3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad307c46988190bb4ba823ad313a88 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad312e77ac8190b931a42317f2cefa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad3184853c8190953b288693ce6ea4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:21 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69a4b72e3e488190b768005ad647886b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:01 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.