Triple

T14312954
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howland E354877 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object George C. Howland
George C. Howland is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily through records that note him as a notable bearer of the Howland surname.
 E1098578 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: George C. Howland | Statement: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, George C. Howland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George C. Howland
Context triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, George C. Howland]
  • A. George Howland Jr.
    George Howland Jr. was a 19th-century American whaling ship captain best known for commanding the whaleship Essex after its famous sinking and for his later prominence in the New Bedford whaling industry.
  • B. William Howland
    William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
  • C. George W. Whittlesey
    George W. Whittlesey was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served as a U.S. Representative in the mid-19th century.
  • D. Alfred Corning Clark
    Alfred Corning Clark was a 19th-century American heir, philanthropist, and art patron from the Singer sewing machine fortune, known for his cultural and charitable contributions in New York and Cooperstown.
  • E. John T. Trowbridge
    John T. Trowbridge was a 19th-century American author and poet known for his popular juvenile fiction, essays, and antislavery writings.
  • 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: George C. Howland
Triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, George C. Howland]
Generated description
George C. Howland is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily through records that note him as a notable bearer of the Howland surname.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: George C. Howland
Target entity description: George C. Howland is a relatively obscure historical figure known primarily through records that note him as a notable bearer of the Howland surname.
  • A. George Howland Jr.
    George Howland Jr. was a 19th-century American whaling ship captain best known for commanding the whaleship Essex after its famous sinking and for his later prominence in the New Bedford whaling industry.
  • B. William Howland
    William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
  • C. George W. Whittlesey
    George W. Whittlesey was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served as a U.S. Representative in the mid-19th century.
  • D. Alfred Corning Clark
    Alfred Corning Clark was a 19th-century American heir, philanthropist, and art patron from the Singer sewing machine fortune, known for his cultural and charitable contributions in New York and Cooperstown.
  • E. John T. Trowbridge
    John T. Trowbridge was a 19th-century American author and poet known for his popular juvenile fiction, essays, and antislavery writings.
  • 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_69de85b49e5481909b9ffab2d922e284 completed April 14, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd5bb9947481909cd16aa1d719fbe5 completed May 8, 2026, 3:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd5d16cd708190b57e47deb9b98aae completed May 8, 2026, 3:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd5d8f337881908b245e63b60db249 completed May 8, 2026, 3:50 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.