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]
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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."
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B.
A. E. Southon
A. E. Southon was an author known for writing the religious work "On Eagle’s Wings."
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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.
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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.
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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.