Triple

T14320788
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Theatre E355079 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object Julius F. Niemeyer
Julius F. Niemeyer was an architect best known for designing Washington, D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre, one of the nation’s earliest and most prominent African-American performance venues.
E1093353 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: Julius F. Niemeyer | Statement: [Howard Theatre, architect, Julius F. Niemeyer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius F. Niemeyer
Context triple: [Howard Theatre, architect, Julius F. Niemeyer]
  • A. Herbert J. Spinden
    Herbert J. Spinden was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his influential work on Mesoamerican civilizations and the development of a chronological correlation for the Maya calendar.
  • B. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • C. Herbert A. Wagner
    Herbert A. Wagner was a German engineer and aerodynamicist known for pioneering work in guided missile technology during World War II.
  • D. George B. Rathmann
    George B. Rathmann was an American chemist and biotechnology executive best known as a co-founder and first CEO of Amgen, a pioneering biopharmaceutical company.
  • E. Alfred P. Boller
    Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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: Julius F. Niemeyer
Triple: [Howard Theatre, architect, Julius F. Niemeyer]
Generated description
Julius F. Niemeyer was an architect best known for designing Washington, D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre, one of the nation’s earliest and most prominent African-American performance venues.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Julius F. Niemeyer
Target entity description: Julius F. Niemeyer was an architect best known for designing Washington, D.C.’s historic Howard Theatre, one of the nation’s earliest and most prominent African-American performance venues.
  • A. Herbert J. Spinden
    Herbert J. Spinden was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his influential work on Mesoamerican civilizations and the development of a chronological correlation for the Maya calendar.
  • B. Walter L. Huber
    Walter L. Huber was a prominent American civil engineer and researcher recognized for his significant contributions to the field, commemorated by the ASCE’s Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize.
  • C. Herbert A. Wagner
    Herbert A. Wagner was a German engineer and aerodynamicist known for pioneering work in guided missile technology during World War II.
  • D. George B. Rathmann
    George B. Rathmann was an American chemist and biotechnology executive best known as a co-founder and first CEO of Amgen, a pioneering biopharmaceutical company.
  • E. Alfred P. Boller
    Alfred P. Boller was an American civil engineer known for designing major infrastructure projects in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69de883bf71c8190a9a092a025cf98f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd468c4a7c8190951adb28e1d71365 completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd478e6644819080692fbca8ec6c80 completed May 8, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd4851528c81909855c0f8484c278e completed May 8, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.