Triple
T13573969
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butterfield Overland Mail |
E324234
|
entity |
| Predicate | operator |
P179
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Butterfield |
E284486
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John Butterfield | Statement: [Butterfield Overland Mail, operator, John Butterfield]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Butterfield Context triple: [Butterfield Overland Mail, operator, John Butterfield]
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A.
John Butterfield
chosen
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
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B.
Christopher Fairbank
Christopher Fairbank is a British character actor known for his distinctive features and roles in film and television, including appearances in productions such as "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" and various Shakespearean adaptations.
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C.
Henry Bolton
Henry Bolton is a British politician best known for serving as leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) in 2017–2018.
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D.
George Baines
George Baines is a central character in the film "The Piano," portrayed as a rugged, introspective settler in 19th-century New Zealand who becomes deeply involved with the mute pianist Ada.
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E.
Henry Bynneman
Henry Bynneman was a prominent 16th-century English printer and publisher known for producing influential works of the Elizabethan era.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d80769100c819099111274614f5ed2 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69dbb0106cb48190b20eb9bda131a68a |
completed | April 12, 2026, 2:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f76bb827d48190958e5710d554cd04 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:48 p.m.