Triple
T1336654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William L. Harkness Hall |
E28765
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William L. Harkness
William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
|
E486911
|
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 L. Harkness | Statement: [William L. Harkness Hall, namedAfter, William L. Harkness]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William L. Harkness Context triple: [William L. Harkness Hall, namedAfter, William L. Harkness]
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A.
George A. Tuck
George A. Tuck was a Canadian businessman known for being one of the original owners involved in early professional basketball in Toronto.
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B.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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C.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
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D.
William A. Wheeler
William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
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E.
Frederick H. Harbison
Frederick H. Harbison was an influential American labor economist and educator known for his work on human resources, industrial relations, and economic development.
- 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 L. Harkness Triple: [William L. Harkness Hall, namedAfter, William L. Harkness]
Generated description
William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William L. Harkness Target entity description: William L. Harkness was an American businessman and philanthropist associated with Yale University, for which he endowed facilities that now bear his name.
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A.
George A. Tuck
George A. Tuck was a Canadian businessman known for being one of the original owners involved in early professional basketball in Toronto.
-
B.
Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for designing the cast-iron dome of the United States Capitol and shaping key federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
-
C.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
-
D.
William A. Wheeler
William A. Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
-
E.
Frederick H. Harbison
Frederick H. Harbison was an influential American labor economist and educator known for his work on human resources, industrial relations, and economic development.
- 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_69a498561a508190a3e1bc137c2b866a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c1edda1c81909a1149b254b0d57e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be92151b108190b415b7c6cf146b09 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:41 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be93cfbe2881908cf97dd9ec5d28b5 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be9448b5148190903775d394a095f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.