Triple

T12240435
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bellefontaine Cemetery E291714 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William McPherson
William McPherson was a 19th-century St. Louis businessman and civic leader best known for helping establish Bellefontaine Cemetery, one of the city's most prominent rural cemeteries.
E1123891 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 McPherson | Statement: [Bellefontaine Cemetery, founder, William McPherson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McPherson
Context triple: [Bellefontaine Cemetery, founder, William McPherson]
  • A. James C. Adamson
    James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
  • B. Edward McPherson
    Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
  • C. William Cameron
    William Cameron was a British surveyor whose exploration work in the Malay Peninsula led to the discovery and subsequent naming of the Cameron Highlands in his honor.
  • D. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • E. John B. T. Campbell
    John B. T. Campbell was a notable figure interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, recognized for his historical significance to the region.
  • 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 McPherson
Triple: [Bellefontaine Cemetery, founder, William McPherson]
Generated description
William McPherson was a 19th-century St. Louis businessman and civic leader best known for helping establish Bellefontaine Cemetery, one of the city's most prominent rural cemeteries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William McPherson
Target entity description: William McPherson was a 19th-century St. Louis businessman and civic leader best known for helping establish Bellefontaine Cemetery, one of the city's most prominent rural cemeteries.
  • A. James C. Adamson
    James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
  • B. Edward McPherson
    Edward McPherson was a 19th-century American politician and journalist best known for serving multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as Clerk of the House.
  • C. William Cameron
    William Cameron was a British surveyor whose exploration work in the Malay Peninsula led to the discovery and subsequent naming of the Cameron Highlands in his honor.
  • D. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • E. John B. T. Campbell
    John B. T. Campbell was a notable figure interred at Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, recognized for his historical significance to the region.
  • 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_69d6ab67950c8190be08450a06228c4b completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d91cb59ce4819099999b8755fb8b98 completed April 10, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe64e2991c81908f474fe07a6ba10a completed May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe674ad60c8190a3be185f71983b2f completed May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe67a5c7ec8190b30f190e9416a41c completed May 8, 2026, 10:45 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:51 p.m.