Triple
T1134384
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lenox Library, New York City |
E23104
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Lenox
James Lenox was a 19th-century American bibliophile and philanthropist best known for creating one of New York City’s earliest major research libraries, which later became part of the New York Public Library.
|
E131012
|
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: James Lenox | Statement: [Lenox Library, New York City, founder, James Lenox]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lenox Context triple: [Lenox Library, New York City, founder, James Lenox]
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A.
William Draper
William Draper was an 18th-century British Army officer best known for leading British forces in the capture of Manila during the Seven Years' War.
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B.
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist, merchant, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry and the development of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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C.
William F. Lamb
William F. Lamb was an American architect best known as the principal designer of the Empire State Building and a leading partner in the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
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D.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
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E.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
- 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: James Lenox Triple: [Lenox Library, New York City, founder, James Lenox]
Generated description
James Lenox was a 19th-century American bibliophile and philanthropist best known for creating one of New York City’s earliest major research libraries, which later became part of the New York Public Library.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lenox Target entity description: James Lenox was a 19th-century American bibliophile and philanthropist best known for creating one of New York City’s earliest major research libraries, which later became part of the New York Public Library.
-
A.
William Draper
William Draper was an 18th-century British Army officer best known for leading British forces in the capture of Manila during the Seven Years' War.
-
B.
Abbott Lawrence
Abbott Lawrence was a prominent 19th-century American industrialist, merchant, and politician who played a key role in the early textile industry and the development of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
-
C.
William F. Lamb
William F. Lamb was an American architect best known as the principal designer of the Empire State Building and a leading partner in the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
-
D.
Harry Elkins Widener
Harry Elkins Widener was a wealthy young American book collector and Harvard alumnus who died in the sinking of the Titanic, in whose memory Harvard’s Widener Library was built.
-
E.
Charles Ranlett Flint
Charles Ranlett Flint was an American financier and industrialist best known for orchestrating mergers that led to the creation of major corporations, including the company that became IBM.
- 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bbfffaa48190b2534ff4da3544ce |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac59ac2ea881908b9559ff9d47077a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5a38ebb0819091cb81e23770ae50 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5aa2ad188190b4c6a29e3c2c8d79 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.