Triple

T11697581
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Charles Rogers E278035 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object Thomas Mitchell Buffington
Thomas Mitchell Buffington was a prominent Cherokee Nation leader who served as Principal Chief in the late 19th century.
E941599 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: Thomas Mitchell Buffington | Statement: [William Charles Rogers, precededBy, Thomas Mitchell Buffington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Mitchell Buffington
Context triple: [William Charles Rogers, precededBy, Thomas Mitchell Buffington]
  • A. Charles F. Muntz
    Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
  • B. Thomas Fishburn
    Thomas Fishburn was an 18th-century British shipbuilder known for constructing the vessel that later became Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour.
  • C. Walter R. Farmer
    Walter R. Farmer was an American Army officer and museum professional best known for leading efforts to protect and repatriate European artworks looted during World War II as part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program.
  • D. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • E. Charles Frederick Millspaugh
    Charles Frederick Millspaugh was an American botanist and physician known for his influential work in plant taxonomy and medicinal botany.
  • 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: Thomas Mitchell Buffington
Triple: [William Charles Rogers, precededBy, Thomas Mitchell Buffington]
Generated description
Thomas Mitchell Buffington was a prominent Cherokee Nation leader who served as Principal Chief in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Mitchell Buffington
Target entity description: Thomas Mitchell Buffington was a prominent Cherokee Nation leader who served as Principal Chief in the late 19th century.
  • A. Charles F. Muntz
    Charles F. Muntz is the obsessed and disgraced explorer villain from Pixar's animated film "Up," known for his ruthless quest to capture a rare bird.
  • B. Thomas Fishburn
    Thomas Fishburn was an 18th-century British shipbuilder known for constructing the vessel that later became Captain James Cook’s HMS Endeavour.
  • C. Walter R. Farmer
    Walter R. Farmer was an American Army officer and museum professional best known for leading efforts to protect and repatriate European artworks looted during World War II as part of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program.
  • D. William Drinkard
    William Drinkard is a gospel singer best known as a member of the influential family group The Drinkard Singers, which helped shape mid-20th-century American gospel music.
  • E. Charles Frederick Millspaugh
    Charles Frederick Millspaugh was an American botanist and physician known for his influential work in plant taxonomy and medicinal botany.
  • 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_69d6aafe02d881909900d54ad7d4af84 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a47cef60819088b7cc3a3a711e4c completed April 10, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ef833084988190b5004c93f68dc628 completed April 27, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ef9b673120819097b542bb9a8f8bdb completed April 27, 2026, 5:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69efd683366881909dd9621e7c57d0be completed April 27, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:40 p.m.