Triple

T10641826
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Taylor Model Basin E250740 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object David Watson Taylor
David Watson Taylor was a prominent American naval architect and engineer known for pioneering work in ship design and hydrodynamics for the U.S. Navy.
E896455 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: David Watson Taylor | Statement: [David Taylor Model Basin, namedAfter, David Watson Taylor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Watson Taylor
Context triple: [David Taylor Model Basin, namedAfter, David Watson Taylor]
  • A. George Washington Taylor
    George Washington Taylor was an American merchant best known for co-founding the historic department store chain Lord & Taylor.
  • B. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Albert N. Wilmarth
    Albert N. Wilmarth is a fictional literature professor and narrator in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, best known for his role in the weird tale "The Whisperer in Darkness."
  • D. Louis D. Lighton
    Louis D. Lighton was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of major motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Arthur Dehon Little
    Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • 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: David Watson Taylor
Triple: [David Taylor Model Basin, namedAfter, David Watson Taylor]
Generated description
David Watson Taylor was a prominent American naval architect and engineer known for pioneering work in ship design and hydrodynamics for the U.S. Navy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Watson Taylor
Target entity description: David Watson Taylor was a prominent American naval architect and engineer known for pioneering work in ship design and hydrodynamics for the U.S. Navy.
  • A. George Washington Taylor
    George Washington Taylor was an American merchant best known for co-founding the historic department store chain Lord & Taylor.
  • B. Frederick H. Gillett
    Frederick H. Gillett was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Albert N. Wilmarth
    Albert N. Wilmarth is a fictional literature professor and narrator in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, best known for his role in the weird tale "The Whisperer in Darkness."
  • D. Louis D. Lighton
    Louis D. Lighton was an American film producer active during Hollywood’s studio era, known for overseeing a range of major motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Arthur Dehon Little
    Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
  • 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6dfce1ddc8190893fe6f7b047b56b completed April 8, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e2d6878a54819080050011e718c4e8 completed April 18, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e2ff1ddd2c8190b31f5007f7492a4e completed April 18, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3260494bc81909e3dd4829697fb72 completed April 18, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:05 p.m.