Triple
T15402082
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Aitkin County, Minnesota |
E368344
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Alexander Aitken
William Alexander Aitken was a 19th-century fur trader and early settler in what is now Minnesota, for whom Aitkin County was named.
|
E1172115
|
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: William Alexander Aitken | Statement: [Aitkin County, Minnesota, namedAfter, William Alexander Aitken]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Aitken Context triple: [Aitkin County, Minnesota, namedAfter, William Alexander Aitken]
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A.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
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B.
Charles Vincent Massey
Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada, serving from 1952 to 1959.
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C.
James Craig Watson
James Craig Watson was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer known for discovering numerous asteroids and contributing significantly to observational astronomy.
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D.
George Milne
George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
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E.
Andrew MacRitchie
Andrew MacRitchie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the James Bond movie "Die Another Day."
- 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: William Alexander Aitken Triple: [Aitkin County, Minnesota, namedAfter, William Alexander Aitken]
Generated description
William Alexander Aitken was a 19th-century fur trader and early settler in what is now Minnesota, for whom Aitkin County was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Aitken Target entity description: William Alexander Aitken was a 19th-century fur trader and early settler in what is now Minnesota, for whom Aitkin County was named.
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A.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
-
B.
Charles Vincent Massey
Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who became the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada, serving from 1952 to 1959.
-
C.
James Craig Watson
James Craig Watson was a 19th-century Canadian-American astronomer known for discovering numerous asteroids and contributing significantly to observational astronomy.
-
D.
George Milne
George Milne was a British Army general who commanded Allied forces on the Macedonian front during World War I.
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E.
Andrew MacRitchie
Andrew MacRitchie is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the James Bond movie "Die Another Day."
- 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_69d85a16c68c819099c1b547fbc87b32 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e8ea0ac8190a5c68b1951ad3db1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff755ffbdc8190825010885e68ebc3 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 5:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff7653ccc08190b4b44b4f55344f65 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff76d21a148190bbe66c3ff12386f3 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.