Triple
T130252
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sever Hall |
E2638
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Warren Sever
James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
|
E85790
|
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: James Warren Sever | Statement: [Sever Hall, namedAfter, James Warren Sever]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Warren Sever Context triple: [Sever Hall, namedAfter, James Warren Sever]
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A.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
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B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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C.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
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D.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
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E.
Joseph Sweetman Ames
Joseph Sweetman Ames was an American physicist, educator, and longtime Johns Hopkins University president who played a key role in early U.S. aeronautics research and leadership of NACA, NASA’s predecessor.
- 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: James Warren Sever Triple: [Sever Hall, namedAfter, James Warren Sever]
Generated description
James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Warren Sever Target entity description: James Warren Sever was a Harvard University alumnus and benefactor after whom the historic Sever Hall in Harvard Yard is named.
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A.
James G. Blight
James G. Blight is an American historian and scholar of international relations known for his work on U.S. foreign policy, the Cold War, and the prevention of catastrophic conflict.
-
B.
Nathaniel A. Owings
Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
-
C.
George A. Perkins
George A. Perkins was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent U.S. law firm Perkins Coie.
-
D.
Charles Devens
Charles Devens was a 19th-century American lawyer, Union Army general in the Civil War, and U.S. Attorney General who also served as a judge and politician from Massachusetts.
-
E.
Joseph Sweetman Ames
Joseph Sweetman Ames was an American physicist, educator, and longtime Johns Hopkins University president who played a key role in early U.S. aeronautics research and leadership of NACA, NASA’s predecessor.
- 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_69a2520c0f3481908b0ed054a2fca8d0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a257845c548190bfb49409988d1c57 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a6373911408190adfe7fc909c93658 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a63814e01081909304d6f01374e5a0 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a638b43e748190a809b089c35ab1c9 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 1:26 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:30 a.m.