Triple

T11153991
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Steger, Illinois E263857 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John V. Steger
John V. Steger was a prominent figure after whom the village of Steger, Illinois, was named, likely due to his significant local influence or contributions.
E909862 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: John V. Steger | Statement: [Steger, Illinois, namedAfter, John V. Steger]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John V. Steger
Context triple: [Steger, Illinois, namedAfter, John V. Steger]
  • A. John E. Anderson
    John E. Anderson was an American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to the University of California, Los Angeles led to its graduate business school being named in his honor.
  • B. Richard F. Gordon Jr.
    Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
  • C. Jay H. Shidler
    Jay H. Shidler is an American real estate investor, philanthropist, and University of Hawaiʻi alumnus known for his major donations to business education, including the endowment of the Shidler College of Business.
  • D. Chris Christensen
    Chris Christensen is a notable individual whose name is associated with the surname Christensen, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not clearly established from the given information.
  • E. James G. Anderson
    James G. Anderson is an American atmospheric chemist known for his pioneering research on ozone layer depletion and climate change.
  • 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: John V. Steger
Triple: [Steger, Illinois, namedAfter, John V. Steger]
Generated description
John V. Steger was a prominent figure after whom the village of Steger, Illinois, was named, likely due to his significant local influence or contributions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John V. Steger
Target entity description: John V. Steger was a prominent figure after whom the village of Steger, Illinois, was named, likely due to his significant local influence or contributions.
  • A. John E. Anderson
    John E. Anderson was an American businessman and philanthropist whose major contributions to the University of California, Los Angeles led to its graduate business school being named in his honor.
  • B. Richard F. Gordon Jr.
    Richard F. Gordon Jr. was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, NASA astronaut, and command module pilot of Apollo 12 who played a key role in the early Apollo lunar program.
  • C. Jay H. Shidler
    Jay H. Shidler is an American real estate investor, philanthropist, and University of Hawaiʻi alumnus known for his major donations to business education, including the endowment of the Shidler College of Business.
  • D. Chris Christensen
    Chris Christensen is a notable individual whose name is associated with the surname Christensen, though specific widely recognized achievements or roles are not clearly established from the given information.
  • E. James G. Anderson
    James G. Anderson is an American atmospheric chemist known for his pioneering research on ozone layer depletion and climate change.
  • 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_69d6aa9ccddc8190868998c8b7beb060 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e872ffbc8190b8a3bbd912115342 completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e4836718a08190b8eae87ce91bbfa0 completed April 19, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e48715bd2081908774d325db2b6dd5 completed April 19, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4886c0da881909105b3a45e786ce9 completed April 19, 2026, 7:46 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m.