Triple

T14097304
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alfred Vail E339284 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Stephen Vail
Stephen Vail was a prominent early 19th-century American industrialist and ironworks owner in New Jersey, best known as the father of telegraph pioneer Alfred Vail.
E1125414 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: Stephen Vail | Statement: [Alfred Vail, father, Stephen Vail]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Vail
Context triple: [Alfred Vail, father, Stephen Vail]
  • A. Jim Vallely
    Jim Vallely is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on acclaimed sitcoms such as "Arrested Development."
  • B. Jim Veltman
    Jim Veltman is a former Canadian professional lacrosse player renowned as one of the greatest leaders and transition players in National Lacrosse League history, particularly with the Toronto Rock.
  • C. Phil DeVoss
    Phil DeVoss is a fictional character from the romantic comedy-drama film "Elizabethtown," which explores themes of family, failure, and self-discovery.
  • D. Ed Guiney
    Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
  • E. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • 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: Stephen Vail
Triple: [Alfred Vail, father, Stephen Vail]
Generated description
Stephen Vail was a prominent early 19th-century American industrialist and ironworks owner in New Jersey, best known as the father of telegraph pioneer Alfred Vail.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stephen Vail
Target entity description: Stephen Vail was a prominent early 19th-century American industrialist and ironworks owner in New Jersey, best known as the father of telegraph pioneer Alfred Vail.
  • A. Jim Vallely
    Jim Vallely is an American television writer and producer best known for his work on acclaimed sitcoms such as "Arrested Development."
  • B. Jim Veltman
    Jim Veltman is a former Canadian professional lacrosse player renowned as one of the greatest leaders and transition players in National Lacrosse League history, particularly with the Toronto Rock.
  • C. Phil DeVoss
    Phil DeVoss is a fictional character from the romantic comedy-drama film "Elizabethtown," which explores themes of family, failure, and self-discovery.
  • D. Ed Guiney
    Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
  • E. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • 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_69fe6b38823881909c9df93371782b47 completed May 8, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe6d2b3d688190b8c004fae1127d59 completed May 8, 2026, 11:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6e0950e481909c63e47bc98267bf completed May 8, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:22 p.m.