Triple
T15097968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitney family |
E360589
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Henry Melville Whitney
Henry Melville Whitney was an American industrialist and transportation magnate known for his major role in developing street railways and public transit systems in Boston in the late 19th century.
|
E1138193
|
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: Henry Melville Whitney | Statement: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Henry Melville Whitney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Melville Whitney Context triple: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Henry Melville Whitney]
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A.
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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B.
Henry Eli White
Henry Eli White was a prominent early 20th-century Australasian theatre architect known for designing many notable cinemas and performance venues in Australia and New Zealand.
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C.
C. V. Whitney
C. V. Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, and prominent member of the wealthy Whitney family, known for his involvement in both the motion picture industry and thoroughbred horse racing.
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D.
Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his influential public monuments and for mentoring notable artists such as John Quincy Adams Ward.
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E.
Arthur Heber Browne
Arthur Heber Browne was an Anglican clergyman who served as a bishop, notably in the early 20th century.
- 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: Henry Melville Whitney Triple: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Henry Melville Whitney]
Generated description
Henry Melville Whitney was an American industrialist and transportation magnate known for his major role in developing street railways and public transit systems in Boston in the late 19th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Melville Whitney Target entity description: Henry Melville Whitney was an American industrialist and transportation magnate known for his major role in developing street railways and public transit systems in Boston in the late 19th century.
-
A.
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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B.
Henry Eli White
Henry Eli White was a prominent early 20th-century Australasian theatre architect known for designing many notable cinemas and performance venues in Australia and New Zealand.
-
C.
C. V. Whitney
C. V. Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, and prominent member of the wealthy Whitney family, known for his involvement in both the motion picture industry and thoroughbred horse racing.
-
D.
Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown was a prominent 19th-century American sculptor known for his influential public monuments and for mentoring notable artists such as John Quincy Adams Ward.
-
E.
Arthur Heber Browne
Arthur Heber Browne was an Anglican clergyman who served as a bishop, notably in the early 20th century.
- 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_69d85a035aa88190b52a139d3a1b7b6d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0054f00388190a5123d9f4a869b96 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69feb7e47b20819084145008474f47b7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69feb9abd8588190bcf43f9974429c4d |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69feba30cc748190bc0141b205f7e91b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 4:38 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:04 a.m.