Triple
T15366681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Croton Aqueduct system |
E367432
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefEngineer |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John B. Jervis |
E367433
|
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: John B. Jervis | Statement: [Croton Aqueduct system, chiefEngineer, John B. Jervis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. Jervis Context triple: [Croton Aqueduct system, chiefEngineer, John B. Jervis]
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A.
John B. Jervis
chosen
John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
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B.
James W. Nye
James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
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C.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
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D.
William H. Perry
William H. Perry was a notable figure interred at Los Angeles’s historic Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, recognized for his local prominence and contributions to the city’s early development.
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E.
Andrew W. Marshall
Andrew W. Marshall was a long-serving and influential U.S. defense strategist renowned for shaping Pentagon long-term military planning and competitive strategy during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
- 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e4a7cdc8190b7b48c97e774c306 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff13457418819088232270b092c969 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.