Triple

T12931423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Willard E309390 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object Simon Willard
Simon Willard was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts colonist and military leader known for his role in early New England settlement and conflicts with Native American tribes.
E1012079 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: Simon Willard | Statement: [Samuel Willard, parent, Simon Willard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Willard
Context triple: [Samuel Willard, parent, Simon Willard]
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Elihu Hodgkin
    Elihu Hodgkin is a historical figure after whom Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer of the lymphatic system, is named.
  • C. Daniel Willard
    Daniel Willard was an American railroad executive, best known as the long-serving president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for his national service roles during World War I.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Samuel Ames
    Samuel Ames was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
  • 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: Simon Willard
Triple: [Samuel Willard, parent, Simon Willard]
Generated description
Simon Willard was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts colonist and military leader known for his role in early New England settlement and conflicts with Native American tribes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Simon Willard
Target entity description: Simon Willard was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts colonist and military leader known for his role in early New England settlement and conflicts with Native American tribes.
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Elihu Hodgkin
    Elihu Hodgkin is a historical figure after whom Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer of the lymphatic system, is named.
  • C. Daniel Willard
    Daniel Willard was an American railroad executive, best known as the long-serving president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for his national service roles during World War I.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Samuel Ames
    Samuel Ames was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court.
  • 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_69d7bdfa933c8190b5a27aa4a08a19b7 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97dc53060819090a126f15428e411 completed April 10, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6af6a830881908ab238b250d2c7d5 completed May 3, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b378fdf08190b2b15a5e25ff408a completed May 3, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6b427891081908e11a8a6eca76c29 completed May 3, 2026, 2:34 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:42 p.m.