Triple

T11919580
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Chard E283618 entity
Predicate hasNotablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object William Samuel Henson
William Samuel Henson was a 19th-century English engineer and aviation pioneer best known for designing one of the earliest fixed-wing aircraft concepts, the Aerial Steam Carriage.
E970016 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 Samuel Henson | Statement: [Chard, hasNotablePerson, William Samuel Henson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Samuel Henson
Context triple: [Chard, hasNotablePerson, William Samuel Henson]
  • A. Charles H. Mason
    Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
  • B. Charles Jennings
    Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
  • C. James Wormley
    James Wormley was a prominent 19th-century African American hotelier and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C., known for operating one of the capital’s most distinguished hotels.
  • D. Joseph Houlton
    Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
  • E. George Hinton
    George Hinton is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Hinton, rather than being widely recognized for specific achievements.
  • 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 Samuel Henson
Triple: [Chard, hasNotablePerson, William Samuel Henson]
Generated description
William Samuel Henson was a 19th-century English engineer and aviation pioneer best known for designing one of the earliest fixed-wing aircraft concepts, the Aerial Steam Carriage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Samuel Henson
Target entity description: William Samuel Henson was a 19th-century English engineer and aviation pioneer best known for designing one of the earliest fixed-wing aircraft concepts, the Aerial Steam Carriage.
  • A. Charles H. Mason
    Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
  • B. Charles Jennings
    Charles Jennings was a Canadian journalist and radio broadcaster, best known for his work with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and as the father of news anchor Peter Jennings.
  • C. James Wormley
    James Wormley was a prominent 19th-century African American hotelier and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C., known for operating one of the capital’s most distinguished hotels.
  • D. Joseph Houlton
    Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
  • E. George Hinton
    George Hinton is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably shared with the surname Hinton, rather than being widely recognized for specific achievements.
  • 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_69d6ab2c07e88190ba13b0d21fd6cf33 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8e8dff77481908cacf6ad03df34ac completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f60a5753848190b0ab7da327c9aa22 completed May 2, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f60d434b68819080808f5c80220c9f completed May 2, 2026, 2:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f60dc353ac819082cb866f2b81555b completed May 2, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:44 p.m.