Triple

T11403006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward R. S. Canby E270162 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Canby
Canby is a surname most notably associated with Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, a U.S. Army general during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
 E923828 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: Canby | Statement: [Edward R. S. Canby, familyName, Canby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Canby
Context triple: [Edward R. S. Canby, familyName, Canby]
  • A. Canby, Oregon
    Canby, Oregon is a small city in the Willamette Valley known for its agricultural roots, annual Dahlia Festival, and location along the Willamette River south of Portland.
  • B. Canby, California
    Canby, California is a small unincorporated community in northeastern California’s rural Modoc County.
  • C. Columbia Falls
    Columbia Falls is a small city in northwestern Montana known as a gateway community to Glacier National Park and the Flathead Valley.
  • D. St. Maries
    St. Maries is the historical name for what became St. Mary's City, the first permanent English settlement and colonial capital in Maryland.
  • E. Willits
    Willits is a small city in Northern California known as the "Gateway to the Redwoods" and for its historic Skunk Train.
  • 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: Canby
Triple: [Edward R. S. Canby, familyName, Canby]
Generated description
Canby is a surname most notably associated with Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, a U.S. Army general during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Canby
Target entity description: Canby is a surname most notably associated with Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, a U.S. Army general during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
  • A. Canby, Oregon
    Canby, Oregon is a small city in the Willamette Valley known for its agricultural roots, annual Dahlia Festival, and location along the Willamette River south of Portland.
  • B. Canby, California
    Canby, California is a small unincorporated community in northeastern California’s rural Modoc County.
  • C. Columbia Falls
    Columbia Falls is a small city in northwestern Montana known as a gateway community to Glacier National Park and the Flathead Valley.
  • D. St. Maries
    St. Maries is the historical name for what became St. Mary's City, the first permanent English settlement and colonial capital in Maryland.
  • E. Willits
    Willits is a small city in Northern California known as the "Gateway to the Redwoods" and for its historic Skunk Train.
  • 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_69d6aacdbc6c8190af6dc3d5f5d22836 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8014ab46881909fa1d425926c617b completed April 9, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e58d244870819091e8331eb3bd792d completed April 20, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e59777b1208190a33a50da286535ee completed April 20, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e5a3cf9d388190944340af484b3a54 completed April 20, 2026, 3:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.