Triple
T14312964
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howland |
E354877
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arthur C. Howland
Arthur C. Howland was an American historian and academic known for his contributions to the study and teaching of history in the early 20th century.
|
E1092914
|
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: Arthur C. Howland | Statement: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Arthur C. Howland]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur C. Howland Context triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Arthur C. Howland]
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A.
William Howland
William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
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B.
Henry B. Endicott
Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
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C.
Henry B. Bigelow
Henry B. Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist renowned for his pioneering research on marine fauna and for helping to establish modern oceanographic science in the United States.
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D.
Stowell E. Whitney
Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
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E.
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor and comedian best known for his droll, fussy persona in classic Hollywood films and early television.
- 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: Arthur C. Howland Triple: [Howland, hasNotableBearer, Arthur C. Howland]
Generated description
Arthur C. Howland was an American historian and academic known for his contributions to the study and teaching of history in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arthur C. Howland Target entity description: Arthur C. Howland was an American historian and academic known for his contributions to the study and teaching of history in the early 20th century.
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A.
William Howland
William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
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B.
Henry B. Endicott
Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
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C.
Henry B. Bigelow
Henry B. Bigelow was an American oceanographer and marine biologist renowned for his pioneering research on marine fauna and for helping to establish modern oceanographic science in the United States.
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D.
Stowell E. Whitney
Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
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E.
Edward Everett Horton
Edward Everett Horton was an American character actor and comedian best known for his droll, fussy persona in classic Hollywood films and early television.
- 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_69fd4684e2648190b46328252ac9d51b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd47479a0c8190a056cb00c62bfa52 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd4828f44c81908903d1391c83cc60 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 2:19 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:12 a.m.