Triple
T14312939
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howland |
E354877
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Howland
Richard Howland is a notable individual who shares the surname Howland, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not clearly established.
|
E1090810
|
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: Richard Howland | Statement: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Howland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Howland Context triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Howland]
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A.
Roger Howe
Roger Howe is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in representation theory and harmonic analysis, particularly Howe duality.
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B.
Benjamin Hallowell
Benjamin Hallowell was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer and one of Admiral Horatio Nelson’s “Band of Brothers,” noted for his service in key battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
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C.
Amasa Delano
Amasa Delano was an American sea captain and explorer best known for his 1817 memoir "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels," which inspired Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno."
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D.
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, politician, and philanthropist from New York.
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E.
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
- 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: Richard Howland Triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Richard Howland]
Generated description
Richard Howland is a notable individual who shares the surname Howland, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not clearly established.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Howland Target entity description: Richard Howland is a notable individual who shares the surname Howland, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not clearly established.
-
A.
Roger Howe
Roger Howe is an American mathematician renowned for his influential work in representation theory and harmonic analysis, particularly Howe duality.
-
B.
Benjamin Hallowell
Benjamin Hallowell was a distinguished British Royal Navy officer and one of Admiral Horatio Nelson’s “Band of Brothers,” noted for his service in key battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
-
C.
Amasa Delano
Amasa Delano was an American sea captain and explorer best known for his 1817 memoir "A Narrative of Voyages and Travels," which inspired Herman Melville’s novella "Benito Cereno."
-
D.
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, politician, and philanthropist from New York.
-
E.
Joseph Howland
Joseph Howland was a 17th-century New England colonist, known primarily as a son of Mayflower passenger John Howland and a member of the early Plymouth Colony community.
- 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de85b386d0819087d14f3ce84a1997 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd3d31e3b08190b310d38b6075fb96 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:32 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd3da6f0648190876dd86dd51e72cc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd3e30868481908b55b368ab45c7fb |
completed | May 8, 2026, 1:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.