Triple

T1550563
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) E33079 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object Alfred Morton Githens
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
E226277 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: Alfred Morton Githens | Statement: [Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library), architect, Alfred Morton Githens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Morton Githens
Context triple: [Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library), architect, Alfred Morton Githens]
  • A. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • B. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • C. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • D. Victor A. Crutchley
    Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
  • E. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • 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: Alfred Morton Githens
Triple: [Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library), architect, Alfred Morton Githens]
Generated description
Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alfred Morton Githens
Target entity description: Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
  • A. Silvanus P. Thompson
    Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • B. Arthur Whitten Brown
    Arthur Whitten Brown was a British aviator best known as the navigator on the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside pilot John Alcock.
  • C. Edward J. Noble
    Edward J. Noble was an American businessman and radio and television executive best known for co-founding the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and for his earlier success with Life Savers candy.
  • D. Victor A. Crutchley
    Victor A. Crutchley was a British Royal Navy admiral and Victoria Cross recipient who served with distinction in both World Wars.
  • E. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • 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_69a885ee6db8819099502bc5ce8af881 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a90858d91881909defc85ec7a22ab3 completed March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0aaae76c81909707184b3a3d87d5 completed March 8, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0b49abfc81908876ea54c7b7dcc2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0d1bb5c881908c27bdd359e78773 completed March 8, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.