Triple
T15097971
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitney family |
E360589
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, philanthropist, and prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing, born into the influential Whitney and Vanderbilt families.
|
E1136813
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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: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney | Statement: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Context triple: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]
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A.
Cornelius Vanderbilt III
Cornelius Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, engineer, and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family known for his service in the U.S. Army and his role in high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
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C.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was an American businessman and sportsman from the prominent Vanderbilt dynasty, best remembered for his wealth, philanthropy, and death in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.
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D.
Frederick William Vanderbilt
Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
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E.
William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- 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: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Triple: [Whitney family, hasNotableMember, Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney]
Generated description
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, philanthropist, and prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing, born into the influential Whitney and Vanderbilt families.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Target entity description: Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney was an American businessman, film producer, philanthropist, and prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing, born into the influential Whitney and Vanderbilt families.
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A.
Cornelius Vanderbilt III
Cornelius Vanderbilt III was an American military officer, engineer, and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family known for his service in the U.S. Army and his role in high society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Cornelius Vanderbilt II
Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
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C.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt was an American businessman and sportsman from the prominent Vanderbilt dynasty, best remembered for his wealth, philanthropy, and death in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.
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D.
Frederick William Vanderbilt
Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
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E.
William Henry Vanderbilt
William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- 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_69feae230d148190a343ac92fb089902 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69feb0551a508190802f4073fa5ae4b4 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69feb11fa1b081909243679603194b0b |
completed | May 9, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:04 a.m.