Triple
T1591104
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wheeling Suspension Bridge |
E34179
|
entity |
| Predicate | designer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles Ellet Jr.
Charles Ellet Jr. was a 19th-century American civil engineer best known for pioneering long-span suspension bridges and innovative military engineering projects during the Civil War.
|
E188653
|
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: Charles Ellet Jr. | Statement: [Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designer, Charles Ellet Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Ellet Jr. Context triple: [Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designer, Charles Ellet Jr.]
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A.
Alexander Lyman Holley
Alexander Lyman Holley was a prominent 19th-century American mechanical engineer and steel industry pioneer who helped introduce and advance the Bessemer process in the United States.
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B.
William Lenoir
William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
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C.
Melancton Smith
Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
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D.
John Notman
John Notman was a 19th-century Scottish-born American architect known for helping introduce the Italianate style to the United States and for designing prominent civic and institutional buildings.
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E.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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: Charles Ellet Jr. Triple: [Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designer, Charles Ellet Jr.]
Generated description
Charles Ellet Jr. was a 19th-century American civil engineer best known for pioneering long-span suspension bridges and innovative military engineering projects during the Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Ellet Jr. Target entity description: Charles Ellet Jr. was a 19th-century American civil engineer best known for pioneering long-span suspension bridges and innovative military engineering projects during the Civil War.
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A.
Alexander Lyman Holley
Alexander Lyman Holley was a prominent 19th-century American mechanical engineer and steel industry pioneer who helped introduce and advance the Bessemer process in the United States.
-
B.
William Lenoir
William Lenoir was an American Revolutionary War officer and early North Carolina statesman who became a prominent political and civic leader in the post-colonial South.
-
C.
Melancton Smith
Melancton Smith was an American lawyer and politician from New York who became a leading voice against ratification of the U.S. Constitution, arguing for stronger protections of individual and states’ rights.
-
D.
John Notman
John Notman was a 19th-century Scottish-born American architect known for helping introduce the Italianate style to the United States and for designing prominent civic and institutional buildings.
-
E.
Leffert L. Buck
Leffert L. Buck was an American civil engineer known for his pioneering work in long-span bridge design at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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_69a885fceb2c8190b47e0f7c0aefbff0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa621526e8819097d8c5330e527ed3 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad680b40908190acf505992848dae9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad6c05c69c81908969384b352d3151 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad6c9596508190aed71ef5b3a2092a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:33 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.