Triple
T12043719
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
E286730
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Barclay Parsons |
E740428
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Barclay Parsons | Statement: [Parsons Brinckerhoff, foundedBy, William Barclay Parsons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Barclay Parsons Context triple: [Parsons Brinckerhoff, foundedBy, William Barclay Parsons]
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A.
William Barclay Parsons
chosen
William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
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B.
William E. Parsons
William E. Parsons was an American architect known for his influential early 20th-century work in the Philippines, where he helped shape public and institutional architecture under the U.S. colonial administration.
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C.
William S. Parsons
William S. Parsons was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and ordnance expert who played a key role in the development and deployment of the atomic bomb during World War II.
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D.
William Dewhurst
William Dewhurst was an actor known for his role in the early 20th-century film "Sabotage."
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E.
Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9040d13108190bd1a969fa62aae5a |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f62a7a77648190ab2d6bd48821d190 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.