Triple
T1688688
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Jennings Bryan |
E36500
|
entity |
| Predicate | candidateInElection |
P1221
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
United States presidential election, 1896
The United States presidential election of 1896 was a pivotal contest in American history that pitted Republican William McKinley against Democrat and Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan, centering on fierce debates over monetary policy, especially the gold standard versus free silver.
|
E191362
|
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: United States presidential election, 1896 | Statement: [William Jennings Bryan, candidateInElection, United States presidential election, 1896]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States presidential election, 1896 Context triple: [William Jennings Bryan, candidateInElection, United States presidential election, 1896]
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A.
United States presidential election, 1912
The United States presidential election of 1912 was a landmark four-way contest in which Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency amid a split in the Republican Party between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping the American political landscape.
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B.
1888 United States presidential election
The 1888 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote, highlighting the decisive role of the Electoral College.
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C.
1892 United States presidential election
The 1892 United States presidential election was a contest in which former President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, marking the only time in U.S. history that a president returned to office after losing re-election.
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D.
1876 United States presidential election
The 1876 United States presidential election was a highly disputed contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden that led to a constitutional crisis and ultimately to Hayes’s presidency through an electoral commission and the Compromise of 1877.
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E.
1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was a post–Civil War contest in which incumbent Republican Ulysses S. Grant won a second term amid Reconstruction-era political tensions and a split in the opposition.
- 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: United States presidential election, 1896 Triple: [William Jennings Bryan, candidateInElection, United States presidential election, 1896]
Generated description
The United States presidential election of 1896 was a pivotal contest in American history that pitted Republican William McKinley against Democrat and Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan, centering on fierce debates over monetary policy, especially the gold standard versus free silver.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States presidential election, 1896 Target entity description: The United States presidential election of 1896 was a pivotal contest in American history that pitted Republican William McKinley against Democrat and Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan, centering on fierce debates over monetary policy, especially the gold standard versus free silver.
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A.
United States presidential election, 1912
The United States presidential election of 1912 was a landmark four-way contest in which Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency amid a split in the Republican Party between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping the American political landscape.
-
B.
1888 United States presidential election
The 1888 United States presidential election was a contest in which Republican Benjamin Harrison defeated incumbent Democrat Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote, highlighting the decisive role of the Electoral College.
-
C.
1892 United States presidential election
The 1892 United States presidential election was a contest in which former President Grover Cleveland defeated incumbent Benjamin Harrison, marking the only time in U.S. history that a president returned to office after losing re-election.
-
D.
1876 United States presidential election
The 1876 United States presidential election was a highly disputed contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden that led to a constitutional crisis and ultimately to Hayes’s presidency through an electoral commission and the Compromise of 1877.
-
E.
1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was a post–Civil War contest in which incumbent Republican Ulysses S. Grant won a second term amid Reconstruction-era political tensions and a split in the opposition.
- 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_69aa6296655c8190835ec0d20f7460ca |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad7992792081909af4312ae8a448a2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad7ab4aca48190936384bfa1cdeccf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad7b34c3248190bb93769e55df7189 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.