Triple

T16526016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dexter E401438 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Dexter
William Dexter is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the surname associated with the better-known Dexter family name.
E1255136 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 Dexter | Statement: [Dexter, hasNotableBearer, William Dexter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dexter
Context triple: [Dexter, hasNotableBearer, William Dexter]
  • A. Samuel William Dexter
    Samuel William Dexter was an early 19th-century American settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Dexter, Michigan, is named.
  • B. Henry Dexter
    Henry Dexter was a 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts and statues of prominent political and military figures.
  • C. George Davenport
    George Davenport was a 19th-century American fur trader and early settler whose influence on the region led to the city of Davenport, Iowa being named in his honor.
  • D. Benjamin Franklin Keith
    Benjamin Franklin Keith was a pioneering American vaudeville theater owner and impresario who helped shape popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th 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: William Dexter
Triple: [Dexter, hasNotableBearer, William Dexter]
Generated description
William Dexter is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the surname associated with the better-known Dexter family name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dexter
Target entity description: William Dexter is a relatively obscure individual known primarily for sharing the surname associated with the better-known Dexter family name.
  • A. Samuel William Dexter
    Samuel William Dexter was an early 19th-century American settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Dexter, Michigan, is named.
  • B. Henry Dexter
    Henry Dexter was a 19th-century American sculptor known for his portrait busts and statues of prominent political and military figures.
  • C. George Davenport
    George Davenport was a 19th-century American fur trader and early settler whose influence on the region led to the city of Davenport, Iowa being named in his honor.
  • D. Benjamin Franklin Keith
    Benjamin Franklin Keith was a pioneering American vaudeville theater owner and impresario who helped shape popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. George Holbrook
    George Holbrook was an American clockmaker and bell founder known for producing church bells and tower clocks in the 19th 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_69d883838abc8190bc79cb2d41733ce2 completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e32ed3f0388190a9f03473c37dfc46 completed April 18, 2026, 7:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a015fb40dc08190b9d6a04f3c19f57d completed May 11, 2026, 4:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01611507bc8190a55d3c67f967ce89 completed May 11, 2026, 4:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a016166c854819090571ee05e77995d completed May 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:14 a.m.