Triple

T14097280
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Vail E339284 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Vail
Vail is a surname most notably associated with Alfred Vail, an American inventor who helped develop and commercialize the telegraph and Morse code.
E1079897 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: Vail | Statement: [Alfred Vail, familyName, Vail]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vail
Context triple: [Alfred Vail, familyName, Vail]
  • A. Vail
    Vail is a renowned Colorado mountain town best known for its large ski resort and upscale alpine tourism.
  • B. Glenwood Springs
    Glenwood Springs is a resort city in western Colorado known for its natural hot springs, outdoor recreation, and location in the Rocky Mountains near the Colorado River.
  • C. Breckenridge, Colorado
    Breckenridge, Colorado is a historic Rocky Mountain town and popular year-round tourist destination known for its world-class skiing, vibrant Main Street, and outdoor recreation.
  • D. Sun Valley
    Sun Valley is the internal codename Microsoft used for the major user interface redesign that debuted with Windows 11.
  • E. Sun Valley
    Sun Valley is a working-class neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles known for its industrial areas, residential communities, and proximity to major freeways.
  • 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: Vail
Triple: [Alfred Vail, familyName, Vail]
Generated description
Vail is a surname most notably associated with Alfred Vail, an American inventor who helped develop and commercialize the telegraph and Morse code.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vail
Target entity description: Vail is a surname most notably associated with Alfred Vail, an American inventor who helped develop and commercialize the telegraph and Morse code.
  • A. Vail
    Vail is a renowned Colorado mountain town best known for its large ski resort and upscale alpine tourism.
  • B. Glenwood Springs
    Glenwood Springs is a resort city in western Colorado known for its natural hot springs, outdoor recreation, and location in the Rocky Mountains near the Colorado River.
  • C. Breckenridge, Colorado
    Breckenridge, Colorado is a historic Rocky Mountain town and popular year-round tourist destination known for its world-class skiing, vibrant Main Street, and outdoor recreation.
  • D. Sun Valley
    Sun Valley is a working-class neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles known for its industrial areas, residential communities, and proximity to major freeways.
  • E. Sun Valley
    Sun Valley is a small village located within the town of East Greenwich in the state of Rhode Island.
  • 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_69d81c69b5c8819094aa1abf18302908 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de5fb926288190a7f0f50d1d585d76 completed April 14, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcd0adfc28819097a1bfd56739c286 completed May 7, 2026, 5:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fcd41c84408190ab4bc885e7ba8f81 completed May 7, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fcd4ab4b588190977b3dc2adc1f412 completed May 7, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.