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]
  • A. William Howland
    William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A. William Howland
    William Howland was a 19th-century American seafarer after whom the remote Pacific territory Howland Island was named.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.