Triple

T1222645
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Stevens E26256 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object H. C. Stevens
H. C. Stevens is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Stevens, though specific widely known biographical details are not clearly established.
E171694 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: H. C. Stevens | Statement: [Stevens, hasNotableBearer, H. C. Stevens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. C. Stevens
Context triple: [Stevens, hasNotableBearer, H. C. Stevens]
  • A. William Stephens
    William Stephens was an American politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • B. H. G. Balcom
    H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. George Burroughs
    George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
  • E. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • 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: H. C. Stevens
Triple: [Stevens, hasNotableBearer, H. C. Stevens]
Generated description
H. C. Stevens is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Stevens, though specific widely known biographical details are not clearly established.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. C. Stevens
Target entity description: H. C. Stevens is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Stevens, though specific widely known biographical details are not clearly established.
  • A. William Stephens
    William Stephens was an American politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • B. H. G. Balcom
    H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
  • C. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • D. George Burroughs
    George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
  • E. Frederic L. Smith
    Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
  • 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_69a49484688c8190a1bf285eb396a8b6 completed March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4be21a2bc819094b47580d7c5cdf8 completed March 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad231d1bdc8190bceaafcf86544bf1 completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23ac782481909575f00ce3d7b382 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24411d0081909ab2fab326eecd6d completed March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.