Triple
T1071029
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Houghton Mifflin |
E23328
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Oscar Houghton
Henry Oscar Houghton was a 19th-century American printer, publisher, and politician best known for co-founding the influential publishing house Houghton Mifflin.
|
E377094
|
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: Henry Oscar Houghton | Statement: [Houghton Mifflin, foundedBy, Henry Oscar Houghton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Oscar Houghton Context triple: [Houghton Mifflin, foundedBy, Henry Oscar Houghton]
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A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
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B.
Herbert Leigh Holman
Herbert Leigh Holman was a British barrister best known as the first husband of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh.
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C.
Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
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D.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
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E.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
- 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: Henry Oscar Houghton Triple: [Houghton Mifflin, foundedBy, Henry Oscar Houghton]
Generated description
Henry Oscar Houghton was a 19th-century American printer, publisher, and politician best known for co-founding the influential publishing house Houghton Mifflin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Oscar Houghton Target entity description: Henry Oscar Houghton was a 19th-century American printer, publisher, and politician best known for co-founding the influential publishing house Houghton Mifflin.
-
A.
Arthur Whitten Brown
Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
-
B.
Herbert Leigh Holman
Herbert Leigh Holman was a British barrister best known as the first husband of acclaimed actress Vivien Leigh.
-
C.
Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
-
D.
G. E. H. Palmer
G. E. H. Palmer was a British scholar and translator best known for co-translating the influential Eastern Orthodox spiritual anthology *The Philokalia* into English.
-
E.
Henry William Stisted
Henry William Stisted was a British army officer and colonial administrator who became the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Canadian Confederation.
- 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_69a493ee1f908190992b5f0d1b04459b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b92848148190ba8795cb8d0a1d0a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4880c8d4c819083a0f49598dbb2d2 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b48bb81ee88190a285c847c85768dd |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b4a42c67848190956660cd64e5b8e0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 11:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.