Triple

T1686344
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trenton, New Jersey E36449 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Trent
William Trent was an early 18th-century Scottish-born merchant and landowner in colonial America, best known for founding and lending his name to Trenton, New Jersey.
E205511 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 Trent | Statement: [Trenton, New Jersey, namedAfter, William Trent]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Trent
Context triple: [Trenton, New Jersey, namedAfter, William Trent]
  • A. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • B. Philemon Dickerson
    Philemon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and a U.S. Representative.
  • C. Jeremiah Elfreth
    Jeremiah Elfreth was an 18th-century Philadelphia blacksmith and property owner whose name was given to the historic residential street now known as Elfreth's Alley.
  • D. Samuel Ellis
    Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
  • E. Moses McWilliams
    Moses McWilliams was the first husband of Madam C. J. Walker, the pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
  • 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 Trent
Triple: [Trenton, New Jersey, namedAfter, William Trent]
Generated description
William Trent was an early 18th-century Scottish-born merchant and landowner in colonial America, best known for founding and lending his name to Trenton, New Jersey.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Trent
Target entity description: William Trent was an early 18th-century Scottish-born merchant and landowner in colonial America, best known for founding and lending his name to Trenton, New Jersey.
  • A. William Belton
    William Belton was the namesake of the city of Belton in Missouri, United States, likely a locally significant historical figure such as an early settler, landowner, or community leader.
  • B. Philemon Dickerson
    Philemon Dickerson was a 19th-century American politician who served as Governor of New Jersey and a U.S. Representative.
  • C. Jeremiah Elfreth
    Jeremiah Elfreth was an 18th-century Philadelphia blacksmith and property owner whose name was given to the historic residential street now known as Elfreth's Alley.
  • D. Samuel Ellis
    Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
  • E. Moses McWilliams
    Moses McWilliams was the first husband of Madam C. J. Walker, the pioneering African American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
  • 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_69a886151508819084fa7f1ce6e05577 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aa6293c368819094ab0f615e418647 completed March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adc993bbb4819085fb5832b33819bd completed March 8, 2026, 7:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adcaed1f788190b14c3e2d2c3036d9 completed March 8, 2026, 7:15 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adcbee97e88190adc1315c0a5013ab completed March 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.