Triple

T12488897
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Byron Kilbourn E298509 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Kilbourn
Kilbourn is a surname most notably associated with Byron Kilbourn, an American surveyor, railroad executive, and co-founder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
 E986026 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: Kilbourn | Statement: [Byron Kilbourn, familyName, Kilbourn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kilbourn
Context triple: [Byron Kilbourn, familyName, Kilbourn]
  • A. Geneva Spur
    Geneva Spur is a branch of the Illinois Prairie Path, a multi-use recreational trail in the Chicago metropolitan area.
  • B. Central Bridge, New York
    Central Bridge, New York is a small hamlet in Schoharie County best known as the birthplace of pioneering inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse.
  • C. Shandaken Tunnel
    The Shandaken Tunnel is an aqueduct in New York State that diverts water from the Schoharie Reservoir to the Esopus Creek as part of the New York City water supply system.
  • D. Madison Junction
    Madison Junction is a key crossroads and campground area in Yellowstone National Park where the park’s main roads and the Gibbon and Firehole rivers converge.
  • E. Tompkins
    Tompkins is a surname most notably associated with Daniel D. Tompkins, the fourth governor of New York and seventh vice president of the United States.
  • 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: Kilbourn
Triple: [Byron Kilbourn, familyName, Kilbourn]
Generated description
Kilbourn is a surname most notably associated with Byron Kilbourn, an American surveyor, railroad executive, and co-founder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kilbourn
Target entity description: Kilbourn is a surname most notably associated with Byron Kilbourn, an American surveyor, railroad executive, and co-founder of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • A. Geneva Spur
    Geneva Spur is a branch of the Illinois Prairie Path, a multi-use recreational trail in the Chicago metropolitan area.
  • B. Central Bridge, New York
    Central Bridge, New York is a small hamlet in Schoharie County best known as the birthplace of pioneering inventor and industrialist George Westinghouse.
  • C. Shandaken Tunnel
    The Shandaken Tunnel is an aqueduct in New York State that diverts water from the Schoharie Reservoir to the Esopus Creek as part of the New York City water supply system.
  • D. Madison Junction
    Madison Junction is a key crossroads and campground area in Yellowstone National Park where the park’s main roads and the Gibbon and Firehole rivers converge.
  • E. Tompkins
    Tompkins is a surname most notably associated with Daniel D. Tompkins, the fourth governor of New York and seventh vice president of the United States.
  • 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_69d6ada377208190a36011199a4d8558 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94de1db9481909ddf70eb81cdb714 completed April 10, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f64ba7d8bc8190acc1f0d537a5bbbb completed May 2, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f64c7c5d04819094fcbee0a4b5cbb4 completed May 2, 2026, 7:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f64d653b988190b11d061f55ef7192 completed May 2, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.