Triple
T12009169
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Culper Ring |
E285861
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend was an American merchant and spy who served as a key undercover operative in George Washington’s Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War.
|
E960475
|
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: Robert Townsend | Statement: [Culper Ring, notableMember, Robert Townsend]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend Context triple: [Culper Ring, notableMember, Robert Townsend]
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A.
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
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B.
Michael Leigh
Michael Leigh is a renowned English film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisational working methods and critically acclaimed social-realist dramas.
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C.
Jack Livingston
Jack Livingston was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
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D.
Jim Seymour
Jim Seymour was an American football wide receiver best known for his standout college career at Notre Dame and subsequent professional play in the early 1970s.
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E.
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis was the drummer and a key member of the 1960s British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their distinctive sound during their peak years.
- 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: Robert Townsend Triple: [Culper Ring, notableMember, Robert Townsend]
Generated description
Robert Townsend was an American merchant and spy who served as a key undercover operative in George Washington’s Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Townsend Target entity description: Robert Townsend was an American merchant and spy who served as a key undercover operative in George Washington’s Culper Ring during the American Revolutionary War.
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A.
Robert Townsend
Robert Townsend is an American actor, director, and filmmaker known for his influential work in African-American cinema, including films like "Hollywood Shuffle" and "The Five Heartbeats."
-
B.
Michael Leigh
Michael Leigh is a renowned English film and theatre director and screenwriter known for his improvisational working methods and critically acclaimed social-realist dramas.
-
C.
Jack Livingston
Jack Livingston was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century.
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D.
Jim Seymour
Jim Seymour was an American football wide receiver best known for his standout college career at Notre Dame and subsequent professional play in the early 1970s.
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E.
Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis was the drummer and a key member of the 1960s British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their distinctive sound during their peak years.
- 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903d61a4c81909e6cb6500b61df94 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b24f0c481909afd288d4f57d3b6 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f48fc6da4c81908442f18cb4a65b27 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f495cc50908190aab4f8ca64c66ef3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.