Triple
T16938709
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. Graham Claytor Jr. |
E410892
|
entity |
| Predicate | parent |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Graham Claytor Sr.
William Graham Claytor Sr. was an American civil engineer and railroad executive known for his leadership roles in the early 20th-century U.S. rail industry and as the father of transportation leader W. Graham Claytor Jr.
|
E1248873
|
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 Graham Claytor Sr. | Statement: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., parent, William Graham Claytor Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Graham Claytor Sr. Context triple: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., parent, William Graham Claytor Sr.]
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A.
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
W. Graham Claytor Jr. was an influential American railroad executive and later Amtrak president, known for revitalizing passenger rail service in the United States.
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B.
John Hessin Clarke
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1916 to 1922.
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C.
Ernest E. Williams
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
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D.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
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E.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
- 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 Graham Claytor Sr. Triple: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., parent, William Graham Claytor Sr.]
Generated description
William Graham Claytor Sr. was an American civil engineer and railroad executive known for his leadership roles in the early 20th-century U.S. rail industry and as the father of transportation leader W. Graham Claytor Jr.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Graham Claytor Sr. Target entity description: William Graham Claytor Sr. was an American civil engineer and railroad executive known for his leadership roles in the early 20th-century U.S. rail industry and as the father of transportation leader W. Graham Claytor Jr.
-
A.
W. Graham Claytor Jr.
W. Graham Claytor Jr. was an influential American railroad executive and later Amtrak president, known for revitalizing passenger rail service in the United States.
-
B.
John Hessin Clarke
John Hessin Clarke was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who served on the Court from 1916 to 1922.
-
C.
Ernest E. Williams
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
-
D.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
-
E.
Horace Albert McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney was an American basketball player and coach best known for his colorful personality and successful coaching career at Wake Forest University.
- 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_69d886c886688190967be07322597ac9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3cf2b88bc8190aeb7b07032478ae3 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a012ecafd908190b8a1513138a29303 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a012fbc129881909edd92be2d8700a3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a01301a4fbc8190bbd5b5b9bad814d3 |
completed | May 11, 2026, 1:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.