Triple

T13174416
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rexburg, Idaho E313063 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Thomas Edwin Ricks
Thomas Edwin Ricks was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint pioneer and colonizer who played a key role in settling southeastern Idaho and founding what became Brigham Young University–Idaho.
E1025147 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: Thomas Edwin Ricks | Statement: [Rexburg, Idaho, namedAfter, Thomas Edwin Ricks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Edwin Ricks
Context triple: [Rexburg, Idaho, namedAfter, Thomas Edwin Ricks]
  • A. Richard Bissell
    Richard Bissell was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "7½ Cents," which he co-adapted into the hit Broadway musical and subsequent film "The Pajama Game."
  • B. Ralph Peters
    Ralph Peters was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • C. George Webb
    George Webb was an early 20th-century film actor who appeared in silent-era productions, including the 1917 drama "The Kingdom of Love."
  • D. Thomas E. Gaddis
    Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
  • E. Christopher Drew
    Christopher Drew is a journalist and author known for co-writing works of investigative nonfiction, including a memoir about the discovery of the Titanic.
  • 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: Thomas Edwin Ricks
Triple: [Rexburg, Idaho, namedAfter, Thomas Edwin Ricks]
Generated description
Thomas Edwin Ricks was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint pioneer and colonizer who played a key role in settling southeastern Idaho and founding what became Brigham Young University–Idaho.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Edwin Ricks
Target entity description: Thomas Edwin Ricks was a 19th-century Latter-day Saint pioneer and colonizer who played a key role in settling southeastern Idaho and founding what became Brigham Young University–Idaho.
  • A. Richard Bissell
    Richard Bissell was an American author and playwright best known for his novel "7½ Cents," which he co-adapted into the hit Broadway musical and subsequent film "The Pajama Game."
  • B. Ralph Peters
    Ralph Peters was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
  • C. George Webb
    George Webb was an early 20th-century film actor who appeared in silent-era productions, including the 1917 drama "The Kingdom of Love."
  • D. Thomas E. Gaddis
    Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
  • E. Christopher Drew
    Christopher Drew is a journalist and author known for co-writing works of investigative nonfiction, including a memoir about the discovery of the Titanic.
  • 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_69d806ac3ee081909b2fd27d060aa974 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98c303e3c819086cf0f0b6d9e61ca completed April 10, 2026, 11:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6eafe03c48190992df41f77fb043e completed May 3, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6f02dcce88190bdb07e271a52729a completed May 3, 2026, 6:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6f09ff1088190812008373c0553d5 completed May 3, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:14 p.m.