Triple

T11598007
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard N. Potts Medal E275054 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Howard N. Potts
Howard N. Potts was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose contributions to science and engineering are commemorated by the prestigious Howard N. Potts Medal.
 E1239653 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: Howard N. Potts | Statement: [Howard N. Potts Medal, namedAfter, Howard N. Potts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard N. Potts
Context triple: [Howard N. Potts Medal, namedAfter, Howard N. Potts]
  • A. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • B. Paul D. Harkins
    Paul D. Harkins was a U.S. Army general best known for his World War II service under General Patton and later command of U.S. forces in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
  • C. Howard J. Morris
    Howard J. Morris is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating and showrunning the Netflix comedy series "Grace and Frankie."
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • 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: Howard N. Potts
Triple: [Howard N. Potts Medal, namedAfter, Howard N. Potts]
Generated description
Howard N. Potts was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose contributions to science and engineering are commemorated by the prestigious Howard N. Potts Medal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Howard N. Potts
Target entity description: Howard N. Potts was an American industrialist and philanthropist whose contributions to science and engineering are commemorated by the prestigious Howard N. Potts Medal.
  • A. Robert N. Fitch
    Robert N. Fitch was a composer best known for writing the University of California fight song "Fight for California."
  • B. Paul D. Harkins
    Paul D. Harkins was a U.S. Army general best known for his World War II service under General Patton and later command of U.S. forces in Vietnam in the early 1960s.
  • C. Howard J. Morris
    Howard J. Morris is an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating and showrunning the Netflix comedy series "Grace and Frankie."
  • D. Robert N. Davoren
    Robert N. Davoren was a notable figure in New York City's correctional system, commemorated by having a Rikers Island jail facility named in his honor.
  • E. George A. Bermann
    George A. Bermann is a prominent American legal scholar and expert in international and comparative law, particularly known for his work in international arbitration.
  • 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d89549c870819086e16e9110bbad87 completed April 10, 2026, 6:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00c78f36d88190a39f407c5d8dbc0d completed May 10, 2026, 5:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00c92e692c8190baa328f94e979107 completed May 10, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00c9d1c6a0819083635b8246cc82e7 completed May 10, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.