Triple
T1346858
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sydney Howard Gay |
E28589
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Underground Railroad network
The Underground Railroad network was a clandestine system of routes, safe houses, and allies that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th-century United States.
|
E47328
|
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: Underground Railroad network | Statement: [Sydney Howard Gay, partOf, Underground Railroad network]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Underground Railroad network Context triple: [Sydney Howard Gay, partOf, Underground Railroad network]
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A.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
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B.
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that dramatically depicts an enslaved family fleeing to Union lines during the Civil War.
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C.
American abolitionist movement
The American abolitionist movement was a 19th-century social and political campaign in the United States dedicated to ending slavery and promoting the emancipation and equal rights of enslaved African Americans.
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D.
important transportation corridor during westward expansion of the United States
The important transportation corridor during westward expansion of the United States refers to the Missouri River, a major waterway that enabled migration, trade, and military movement into the American frontier.
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E.
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Fugitive Slave Clause was a provision in the U.S. Constitution that required escaped enslaved people who fled to free states to be returned to their enslavers.
- 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: Underground Railroad network Triple: [Sydney Howard Gay, partOf, Underground Railroad network]
Generated description
The Underground Railroad network was a clandestine system of routes, safe houses, and allies that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th-century United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Underground Railroad network Target entity description: The Underground Railroad network was a clandestine system of routes, safe houses, and allies that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom in the 19th-century United States.
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A.
U.S. Civil Rights Trail
The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is a collection of historically significant sites across the United States that commemorate key events, locations, and figures of the Civil Rights Movement.
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B.
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves
A Ride for Liberty – The Fugitive Slaves is a mid-19th-century painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that dramatically depicts an enslaved family fleeing to Union lines during the Civil War.
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C.
American abolitionist movement
chosen
The American abolitionist movement was a 19th-century social and political campaign in the United States dedicated to ending slavery and promoting the emancipation and equal rights of enslaved African Americans.
-
D.
important transportation corridor during westward expansion of the United States
The important transportation corridor during westward expansion of the United States refers to the Missouri River, a major waterway that enabled migration, trade, and military movement into the American frontier.
-
E.
Fugitive Slave Clause
The Fugitive Slave Clause was a provision in the U.S. Constitution that required escaped enslaved people who fled to free states to be returned to their enslavers.
- F. None of above.
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_69a49854eb3481908c7d56b2e449a290 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c2406c488190b2c04d54d9c5e94c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc639201c81908ed9c9ac37cd358f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc71a3e808190aecbb57a64f39b6b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc88e4ec08190945b366524b83088 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:56 p.m.