Triple

T13739887
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Vitry-le-François E330054 entity
Predicate hasNotablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon was a 16th-century French naval officer and colonizer best known for leading the short-lived French attempt to establish a colony in Brazil, known as France Antarctique.
E1057688 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: Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon | Statement: [Vitry-le-François, hasNotablePerson, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Context triple: [Vitry-le-François, hasNotablePerson, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon]
  • A. Jean Ribault
    Jean Ribault was a 16th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading early Huguenot colonization efforts in Florida, including the establishment of the short-lived Fort Caroline settlement.
  • B. Gadifer de La Salle
    Gadifer de La Salle was a French Norman knight and explorer known for leading early 15th-century expeditions to the Canary Islands.
  • C. Charles de la Tour
    Charles de la Tour is a member of the de la Tour family, related to the acclaimed English actress Frances de la Tour.
  • D. Giovanni da Verrazzano
    Giovanni da Verrazzano was a 16th-century Italian explorer best known for being the first European to extensively explore the Atlantic coast of North America, including the area around present-day New York Harbor.
  • E. Henri de Tonti
    Henri de Tonti was a 17th-century Italian-born French explorer and soldier known for his role in exploring the Mississippi River valley and assisting René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in North American expeditions.
  • 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: Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Triple: [Vitry-le-François, hasNotablePerson, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon]
Generated description
Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon was a 16th-century French naval officer and colonizer best known for leading the short-lived French attempt to establish a colony in Brazil, known as France Antarctique.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon
Target entity description: Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon was a 16th-century French naval officer and colonizer best known for leading the short-lived French attempt to establish a colony in Brazil, known as France Antarctique.
  • A. Jean Ribault
    Jean Ribault was a 16th-century French naval officer and explorer best known for leading early Huguenot colonization efforts in Florida, including the establishment of the short-lived Fort Caroline settlement.
  • B. Gadifer de La Salle
    Gadifer de La Salle was a French Norman knight and explorer known for leading early 15th-century expeditions to the Canary Islands.
  • C. Charles de la Tour
    Charles de la Tour is a member of the de la Tour family, related to the acclaimed English actress Frances de la Tour.
  • D. Giovanni da Verrazzano
    Giovanni da Verrazzano was a 16th-century Italian explorer best known for being the first European to extensively explore the Atlantic coast of North America, including the area around present-day New York Harbor.
  • E. Henri de Tonti
    Henri de Tonti was a 17th-century Italian-born French explorer and soldier known for his role in exploring the Mississippi River valley and assisting René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in North American expeditions.
  • 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_69d80772315881908f980cae40d91664 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0206a4b88190a60914e2b43e54f9 completed April 14, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d6bce9881909209231f6dfcf9bf completed May 3, 2026, 7:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f79e7869648190ab0157bd0480b219 completed May 3, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f79f7216b08190800165d46172222c completed May 3, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:55 p.m.