Triple

T15622960
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American National Biography E375605 entity
Predicate replaced P101 FINISHED
Object Dictionary of American Biography
The Dictionary of American Biography is a multi-volume reference work containing scholarly biographical essays on significant figures in American history, originally published in the early 20th century.
E1167946 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: Dictionary of American Biography | Statement: [American National Biography, replaced, Dictionary of American Biography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dictionary of American Biography
Context triple: [American National Biography, replaced, Dictionary of American Biography]
  • A. American National Biography
    American National Biography is a comprehensive biographical reference work that profiles significant figures in American history and culture.
  • B. Dictionary of National Biography
    The Dictionary of National Biography is a comprehensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history.
  • C. American Biography
    American Biography is a historical work by Jeremy Belknap that presents detailed biographical sketches of notable figures in early American history.
  • D. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is an official reference work that provides authoritative biographical information on every person who has served in the U.S. Congress.
  • E. America’s Presidents
    America’s Presidents is a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery featuring portraits and related works of all U.S. presidents.
  • 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: Dictionary of American Biography
Triple: [American National Biography, replaced, Dictionary of American Biography]
Generated description
The Dictionary of American Biography is a multi-volume reference work containing scholarly biographical essays on significant figures in American history, originally published in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dictionary of American Biography
Target entity description: The Dictionary of American Biography is a multi-volume reference work containing scholarly biographical essays on significant figures in American history, originally published in the early 20th century.
  • A. American National Biography
    American National Biography is a comprehensive biographical reference work that profiles significant figures in American history and culture.
  • B. Dictionary of National Biography
    The Dictionary of National Biography is a comprehensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history.
  • C. American Biography
    American Biography is a historical work by Jeremy Belknap that presents detailed biographical sketches of notable figures in early American history.
  • D. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
    The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is an official reference work that provides authoritative biographical information on every person who has served in the U.S. Congress.
  • E. America’s Presidents
    America’s Presidents is a permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery featuring portraits and related works of all U.S. presidents.
  • 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_69d85ccf2794819096cda4cbcb02d478 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04e9cfd94819091459aa17a002eaf completed April 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff5f3da754819085a6bd9876b12c65 completed May 9, 2026, 4:22 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff605d94308190bccbfb4588f337e1 completed May 9, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff612340748190987e567e43460f62 completed May 9, 2026, 4:30 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:14 a.m.