Triple

T13397333
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Butner, North Carolina E319731 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Henry W. Butner
Henry W. Butner was a U.S. Army major general from North Carolina, best known for his service in World War I and for having the town of Butner named in his honor.
E1089465 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: Henry W. Butner | Statement: [Butner, North Carolina, namedAfter, Henry W. Butner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry W. Butner
Context triple: [Butner, North Carolina, namedAfter, Henry W. Butner]
  • A. William J. Bordelon
    William J. Bordelon was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II.
  • B. Charles B. Gatewood
    Charles B. Gatewood was a U.S. Army officer best known for his pivotal role in persuading the Apache leader Geronimo to surrender in 1886, effectively ending the Apache Wars.
  • C. George H. Eldridge
    George H. Eldridge was the disability benefits claimant whose challenge to due process protections in benefit termination proceedings led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Mathews v. Eldridge.
  • D. Edmund B. Sebree
    Edmund B. Sebree was a United States Army major general who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • E. William H. Reynolds
    William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • 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: Henry W. Butner
Triple: [Butner, North Carolina, namedAfter, Henry W. Butner]
Generated description
Henry W. Butner was a U.S. Army major general from North Carolina, best known for his service in World War I and for having the town of Butner named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry W. Butner
Target entity description: Henry W. Butner was a U.S. Army major general from North Carolina, best known for his service in World War I and for having the town of Butner named in his honor.
  • A. William J. Bordelon
    William J. Bordelon was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II.
  • B. Charles B. Gatewood
    Charles B. Gatewood was a U.S. Army officer best known for his pivotal role in persuading the Apache leader Geronimo to surrender in 1886, effectively ending the Apache Wars.
  • C. George H. Eldridge
    George H. Eldridge was the disability benefits claimant whose challenge to due process protections in benefit termination proceedings led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Mathews v. Eldridge.
  • D. Edmund B. Sebree
    Edmund B. Sebree was a United States Army major general who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • E. William H. Reynolds
    William H. Reynolds was an American film editor renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • 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_69d806b943cc8190b6af624d385d7e12 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dba0d9e7348190844e11dd6cbd13b0 completed April 12, 2026, 1:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd3237ccf88190974ff1a49c3a874b completed May 8, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd339f04f48190abd13b7ce459c931 completed May 8, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd341b65e481908cd39e64e52583eb completed May 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:34 p.m.