Triple

T15984324
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alcolu, South Carolina E387653 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object D. W. Alderman
D. W. Alderman was an American lumber and industrial entrepreneur best known for establishing the mill town of Alcolu, South Carolina, as a center for his timber and manufacturing operations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1192737 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: D. W. Alderman | Statement: [Alcolu, South Carolina, foundedBy, D. W. Alderman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. W. Alderman
Context triple: [Alcolu, South Carolina, foundedBy, D. W. Alderman]
  • A. Gene Wolfe
    Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his dense, allusive prose and the critically acclaimed series "The Book of the New Sun."
  • B. A. E. Southon
    A. E. Southon was an author known for writing the religious work "On Eagle’s Wings."
  • C. John Alderman
    John Alderman was a Native American allied with the English colonists who became historically known for killing the Wampanoag leader Metacomet (King Philip) during King Philip’s War.
  • D. Edward E. Smith
    Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • E. Frank Moorhouse
    Frank Moorhouse was an acclaimed Australian writer and essayist known for his innovative short-story cycles and the Edith trilogy, which explored Australian politics and diplomacy.
  • 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: D. W. Alderman
Triple: [Alcolu, South Carolina, foundedBy, D. W. Alderman]
Generated description
D. W. Alderman was an American lumber and industrial entrepreneur best known for establishing the mill town of Alcolu, South Carolina, as a center for his timber and manufacturing operations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: D. W. Alderman
Target entity description: D. W. Alderman was an American lumber and industrial entrepreneur best known for establishing the mill town of Alcolu, South Carolina, as a center for his timber and manufacturing operations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Gene Wolfe
    Gene Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his dense, allusive prose and the critically acclaimed series "The Book of the New Sun."
  • B. A. E. Southon
    A. E. Southon was an author known for writing the religious work "On Eagle’s Wings."
  • C. John Alderman
    John Alderman was a Native American allied with the English colonists who became historically known for killing the Wampanoag leader Metacomet (King Philip) during King Philip’s War.
  • D. Edward E. Smith
    Edward E. Smith was an American science fiction author best known for his pioneering space opera novels, particularly the Lensman and Skylark series.
  • E. Frank Moorhouse
    Frank Moorhouse was an acclaimed Australian writer and essayist known for his innovative short-story cycles and the Edith trilogy, which explored Australian politics and diplomacy.
  • 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e15757a3548190900de1962308f6b8 completed April 16, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffe46f19f48190a33647c711893564 completed May 10, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffe64d42ec8190a518e58834852080 completed May 10, 2026, 1:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffe6b3f25481908dd4b6108b5d95c0 completed May 10, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.