Triple
T15242378
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alfred Cowles Sr. |
E364289
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cowles family |
E861864
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Cowles family | Statement: [Alfred Cowles Sr., partOf, Cowles family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cowles family Context triple: [Alfred Cowles Sr., partOf, Cowles family]
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A.
Cowles family
chosen
The Cowles family is an American publishing dynasty known for owning and operating influential newspapers and magazines in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Newhouse family
The Newhouse family is an American media dynasty that controls Advance Publications, a major privately held company with extensive newspaper, magazine, digital media, and cable television holdings.
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C.
Straus family
The Straus family is a prominent German-Jewish American dynasty known for its leadership of Macy’s department store and its significant roles in business, politics, and philanthropy in the United States.
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D.
Bigelow family
The Bigelow family is a prominent family whose legacy and contributions were significant enough to have the Bigelow Chapel named in their honor.
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E.
Kimball family
The Kimball family is a benefactor family recognized for its significant philanthropic contributions to institutions such as the Kimball Natural History Museum.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e007dcc33081908545ea1a1d2c19fe |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd41b7c48190917385c6c61370b2 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:13 a.m.