Triple
T1286283
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William R. Sears |
E27440
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Rees Sears
William Rees Sears was an American aeronautical engineer and educator known for his influential work in aerodynamics and aircraft design.
|
E145912
|
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 Rees Sears | Statement: [William R. Sears, fullName, William Rees Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rees Sears Context triple: [William R. Sears, fullName, William Rees Sears]
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A.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
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B.
George Foster Shepley
George Foster Shepley was a prominent American architect known for his role in the influential Boston firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which continued the legacy of H. H. Richardson.
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C.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
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D.
Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard was a 19th-century American architect and stone carver best known for his influential role in early granite construction and contributions to Boston-area landmarks.
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E.
Silvanus P. Thompson
Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
- 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 Rees Sears Triple: [William R. Sears, fullName, William Rees Sears]
Generated description
William Rees Sears was an American aeronautical engineer and educator known for his influential work in aerodynamics and aircraft design.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rees Sears Target entity description: William Rees Sears was an American aeronautical engineer and educator known for his influential work in aerodynamics and aircraft design.
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A.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
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B.
George Foster Shepley
George Foster Shepley was a prominent American architect known for his role in the influential Boston firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, which continued the legacy of H. H. Richardson.
-
C.
Edward Durell Stone
Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
-
D.
Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard was a 19th-century American architect and stone carver best known for his influential role in early granite construction and contributions to Boston-area landmarks.
-
E.
Silvanus P. Thompson
Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
- 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0b85eb48190a8b61dc397fa6390 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aca3004b648190a4148b0421699bf9 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aca3a6c8508190bac1ecaf57e40bb0 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aca40068f08190a49f9cbb5c78b471 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.