Triple
T11295429
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Temple Hornaday |
E267438
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Hornaday
Hornaday is a surname most notably associated with William Temple Hornaday, an American zoologist and pioneering conservationist known for his efforts to save the American bison from extinction.
|
E917727
|
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: Hornaday | Statement: [William Temple Hornaday, familyName, Hornaday]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornaday Context triple: [William Temple Hornaday, familyName, Hornaday]
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A.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
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B.
Mule Suttles
Mule Suttles was a legendary power-hitting first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, renowned for his prodigious home runs and status as one of the era’s greatest sluggers.
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C.
The Hucklebuck
The Hucklebuck is a popular mid-20th-century rhythm and blues dance tune that became a standard in the jump blues and early rock and roll repertoire.
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D.
Bull Montana
Bull Montana was an Italian-born American character actor and former professional wrestler known for his villainous and comedic roles in silent and early sound films.
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E.
Bucky the Bison
Bucky the Bison is the costumed bison mascot representing Bucknell University's athletic teams, especially its football program.
- 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: Hornaday Triple: [William Temple Hornaday, familyName, Hornaday]
Generated description
Hornaday is a surname most notably associated with William Temple Hornaday, an American zoologist and pioneering conservationist known for his efforts to save the American bison from extinction.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hornaday Target entity description: Hornaday is a surname most notably associated with William Temple Hornaday, an American zoologist and pioneering conservationist known for his efforts to save the American bison from extinction.
-
A.
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben is a 1960s American family television series centered on the friendship between a young boy and a tame black bear in the Florida Everglades.
-
B.
Mule Suttles
Mule Suttles was a legendary power-hitting first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, renowned for his prodigious home runs and status as one of the era’s greatest sluggers.
-
C.
The Hucklebuck
The Hucklebuck is a popular mid-20th-century rhythm and blues dance tune that became a standard in the jump blues and early rock and roll repertoire.
-
D.
Bull Montana
Bull Montana was an Italian-born American character actor and former professional wrestler known for his villainous and comedic roles in silent and early sound films.
-
E.
Bucky the Bison
Bucky the Bison is the costumed bison mascot representing Bucknell University's athletic teams, especially its football program.
- 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_69d6aac993a08190a6f36445ebaf9a43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e9a262e08190a7c1eacbc6019496 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e50a32ac308190828e1138522527fb |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e510f9edb4819097e9fa1ce85504ed |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:29 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e516ac8dec81909c9c1eece372189e |
completed | April 19, 2026, 5:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.