Triple
T12885398
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Western Lands |
E308211
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCharacter |
P2308
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Seward Hall
William Seward Hall is a character in William S. Burroughs’ novel "The Western Lands," representing one of the many figures navigating its surreal, death-obsessed landscape.
|
E1009657
|
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 Seward Hall | Statement: [The Western Lands, hasCharacter, William Seward Hall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Seward Hall Context triple: [The Western Lands, hasCharacter, William Seward Hall]
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A.
William Hammond Hall
William Hammond Hall was a 19th-century American civil engineer and landscape architect best known as the first State Engineer of California and the master planner of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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B.
Estey Hall
Estey Hall is a historic academic building at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, notable as one of the first structures in the United States built for the higher education of African American women.
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C.
Pulitzer Hall
Pulitzer Hall is the main building that houses Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, serving as a central hub for journalism education and research.
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D.
William L. Harkness Hall
William L. Harkness Hall is an academic building at Yale University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls for the humanities and social sciences.
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E.
Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
- 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 Seward Hall Triple: [The Western Lands, hasCharacter, William Seward Hall]
Generated description
William Seward Hall is a character in William S. Burroughs’ novel "The Western Lands," representing one of the many figures navigating its surreal, death-obsessed landscape.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Seward Hall Target entity description: William Seward Hall is a character in William S. Burroughs’ novel "The Western Lands," representing one of the many figures navigating its surreal, death-obsessed landscape.
-
A.
William Hammond Hall
William Hammond Hall was a 19th-century American civil engineer and landscape architect best known as the first State Engineer of California and the master planner of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
-
B.
Estey Hall
Estey Hall is a historic academic building at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, notable as one of the first structures in the United States built for the higher education of African American women.
-
C.
Pulitzer Hall
Pulitzer Hall is the main building that houses Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, serving as a central hub for journalism education and research.
-
D.
William L. Harkness Hall
William L. Harkness Hall is an academic building at Yale University, known for housing classrooms and lecture halls for the humanities and social sciences.
-
E.
Sibley Hall
Sibley Hall is a historic academic building on Cornell University’s Arts Quad, known for housing the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
- 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9714415c08190aa9944b494a3ddad |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a5556fe081909ada9d491b21b17b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6a616f6e4819096c9850434882548 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6a716bb2c81909dccc5ddbf3c92b5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:39 p.m.