Triple

T15701420
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fort Center E380601 entity
Predicate excavatedBy P7650 FINISHED
Object William H. Sears
William H. Sears was an American archaeologist known for his influential excavations and research on prehistoric Native American sites in the southeastern United States.
 E1172000 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 H. Sears | Statement: [Fort Center, excavatedBy, William H. Sears]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Sears
Context triple: [Fort Center, excavatedBy, William H. Sears]
  • A. William R. Sears
    William R. Sears was an influential American aerodynamicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to theoretical aerodynamics and aircraft design.
  • B. Harvey Karp
    Harvey Karp is an American pediatrician and child development expert best known for his "Happiest Baby on the Block" method for soothing infants and promoting sleep.
  • C. Benjamin Spock
    Benjamin Spock was a renowned American pediatrician and author whose influential book "Baby and Child Care" revolutionized parenting practices in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Jane Cheney Spock
    Jane Cheney Spock was an American civil liberties advocate and peace activist, best known for her long partnership and shared political work with pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock.
  • E. William Bernard Sears
    William Bernard Sears was an 18th-century American craftsman and builder known for his work on prominent colonial-era estates in Virginia.
  • 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 H. Sears
Triple: [Fort Center, excavatedBy, William H. Sears]
Generated description
William H. Sears was an American archaeologist known for his influential excavations and research on prehistoric Native American sites in the southeastern United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Sears
Target entity description: William H. Sears was an American archaeologist known for his influential excavations and research on prehistoric Native American sites in the southeastern United States.
  • A. William R. Sears
    William R. Sears was an influential American aerodynamicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to theoretical aerodynamics and aircraft design.
  • B. Harvey Karp
    Harvey Karp is an American pediatrician and child development expert best known for his "Happiest Baby on the Block" method for soothing infants and promoting sleep.
  • C. Benjamin Spock
    Benjamin Spock was a renowned American pediatrician and author whose influential book "Baby and Child Care" revolutionized parenting practices in the mid-20th century.
  • D. Jane Cheney Spock
    Jane Cheney Spock was an American civil liberties advocate and peace activist, best known for her long partnership and shared political work with pediatrician and author Dr. Benjamin Spock.
  • E. William Bernard Sears
    William Bernard Sears was an 18th-century American craftsman and builder known for his work on prominent colonial-era estates in Virginia.
  • 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_69d86d99e860819094b6957cde470f2c completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04f6e965881909319f85c51c6fb74 completed April 16, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff75756ecc8190bd2123ddfd080fd1 completed May 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff763d40348190bf102da746420390 completed May 9, 2026, 6 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff76ec45948190bee47609c0d2fd10 completed May 9, 2026, 6:03 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.