Triple
T10505840
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pierre Berton |
E247784
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
The Last Spike
The Last Spike is a popular historical book by Canadian author Pierre Berton that chronicles the building and completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
|
E867884
|
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: The Last Spike | Statement: [Pierre Berton, notableWork, The Last Spike]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Spike Context triple: [Pierre Berton, notableWork, The Last Spike]
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A.
Driving of the Last Spike
Driving of the Last Spike is the historic 1869 ceremony marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, symbolized by the ceremonial placement of a golden railroad spike at Promontory Summit, Utah.
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B.
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse is a 1924 silent Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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C.
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse is the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, renowned for his durability, power hitting, and record-setting consecutive games played streak.
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D.
Central Pacific
Central Pacific is a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages that includes Fijian and related languages spoken across parts of Fiji and nearby Pacific islands.
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E.
Central Pacific
Central Pacific refers to the midsection of the Pacific Ocean region, historically significant as a major area of military operations and command during the Pacific theater of World War II.
- 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: The Last Spike Triple: [Pierre Berton, notableWork, The Last Spike]
Generated description
The Last Spike is a popular historical book by Canadian author Pierre Berton that chronicles the building and completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Last Spike Target entity description: The Last Spike is a popular historical book by Canadian author Pierre Berton that chronicles the building and completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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A.
Driving of the Last Spike
Driving of the Last Spike is the historic 1869 ceremony marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, symbolized by the ceremonial placement of a golden railroad spike at Promontory Summit, Utah.
-
B.
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse is a 1924 silent Western film directed by John Ford that dramatizes the building of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
-
C.
The Iron Horse
The Iron Horse is the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, renowned for his durability, power hitting, and record-setting consecutive games played streak.
-
D.
Central Pacific
Central Pacific is a subgroup of Oceanic Austronesian languages that includes Fijian and related languages spoken across parts of Fiji and nearby Pacific islands.
-
E.
Central Pacific
Central Pacific refers to the midsection of the Pacific Ocean region, historically significant as a major area of military operations and command during the Pacific theater of World War II.
- 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d509a07c908190bf0e3e5d480b306d |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d8dce30d788190b4a40340b9200b10 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d8e8c9d5cc8190a425ed834855bbcd |
completed | April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d9020bce488190b78e555cdd5caec4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 1:58 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:26 p.m.