Triple

T11896743
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mercersburg, Pennsylvania E283051 entity
Predicate hasNotablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object William Findlay
William Findlay was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Pennsylvania and later as a United States Senator in the early 19th century.
E954286 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: William Findlay | Statement: [Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, William Findlay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Findlay
Context triple: [Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, William Findlay]
  • A. William McGillivray
    William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • B. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • C. Ian Dalrymple
    Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
  • D. James Forsyth
    James Forsyth is a British political journalist and commentator known for his work at outlets such as The Spectator and his connections within UK Conservative Party circles.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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: William Findlay
Triple: [Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, William Findlay]
Generated description
William Findlay was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Pennsylvania and later as a United States Senator in the early 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Findlay
Target entity description: William Findlay was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Pennsylvania and later as a United States Senator in the early 19th century.
  • A. William McGillivray
    William McGillivray was a prominent Canadian fur trader and businessman who became a leading figure in the North West Company during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • B. John Macpherson
    John Macpherson was a British colonial administrator who briefly served as acting Governor-General of Bengal in the late 18th century.
  • C. Ian Dalrymple
    Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
  • D. James Forsyth
    James Forsyth is a British political journalist and commentator known for his work at outlets such as The Spectator and his connections within UK Conservative Party circles.
  • E. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • 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_69d6ab2a90b08190a4e818821cc93e6d completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8dd1286808190949719f54ff49a01 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f43ff588f08190affc45b44b9e85e3 completed May 1, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f448f506a48190a0f1b89ad570fad5 completed May 1, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f44ad185cc8190893cf663cfed6980 completed May 1, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.