Triple

T15108805
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dorchester Heights Monument E360854 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object John Goddard Stearns Jr.
John Goddard Stearns Jr. was an American architect known for designing notable public monuments and buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1138857 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: John Goddard Stearns Jr. | Statement: [Dorchester Heights Monument, architect, John Goddard Stearns Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Goddard Stearns Jr.
Context triple: [Dorchester Heights Monument, architect, John Goddard Stearns Jr.]
  • A. Thomas G. Stemberg
    Thomas G. Stemberg was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the office-supplies retail chain Staples.
  • B. Herbert Anthony Stevens IV
    Herbert Anthony Stevens IV is an American rapper and songwriter better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, a member of the hip hop collective Black Hippy and a prominent artist on the Top Dawg Entertainment label.
  • C. Paul W. Merrill
    Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
  • D. Ralph Stein
    Ralph Stein was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his work on the comic strip "Popeye" and for his books on World War II and automobiles.
  • E. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • 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: John Goddard Stearns Jr.
Triple: [Dorchester Heights Monument, architect, John Goddard Stearns Jr.]
Generated description
John Goddard Stearns Jr. was an American architect known for designing notable public monuments and buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Goddard Stearns Jr.
Target entity description: John Goddard Stearns Jr. was an American architect known for designing notable public monuments and buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Thomas G. Stemberg
    Thomas G. Stemberg was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and longtime leader of the office-supplies retail chain Staples.
  • B. Herbert Anthony Stevens IV
    Herbert Anthony Stevens IV is an American rapper and songwriter better known by his stage name Ab-Soul, a member of the hip hop collective Black Hippy and a prominent artist on the Top Dawg Entertainment label.
  • C. Paul W. Merrill
    Paul W. Merrill was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in stellar spectroscopy and the discovery of technetium in stellar atmospheres.
  • D. Ralph Stein
    Ralph Stein was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and author best known for his work on the comic strip "Popeye" and for his books on World War II and automobiles.
  • E. Robert E. Cushman Jr.
    Robert E. Cushman Jr. was a United States Marine Corps general who played a prominent leadership role in the Vietnam War and later served as the 25th Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  • 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_69d85a0491ec8190830960be8fafb994 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0058af8988190977d998f85893836 completed April 15, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feb7eb139c8190b76393e4a8be576b completed May 9, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feb9f7b6d88190886fd65ce736ed1b completed May 9, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69febaa20ffc819090dd4b113d8513d7 completed May 9, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:05 a.m.