Triple

T16938710
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject W. Graham Claytor Jr. E410892 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Robert B. Claytor
Robert B. Claytor was an American railroad executive who served as the first chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation following the merger of Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway.
E1258495 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: Robert B. Claytor | Statement: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., sibling, Robert B. Claytor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Claytor
Context triple: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., sibling, Robert B. Claytor]
  • A. Elmer A. Carter
    Elmer A. Carter was an American social worker and civil rights advocate who became a prominent New York State official and influential voice on race relations and labor issues.
  • B. Reginald H. Jones
    Reginald H. Jones was an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of General Electric during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Ernest P. Worrell
    Ernest P. Worrell is a bumbling yet lovable fictional character from a series of comedy films and commercials, known for his catchphrase-laden antics and portrayal by actor Jim Varney.
  • E. Maurice F. Smith
    Maurice F. Smith was the first husband of American singer and television personality Dinah Shore, known primarily in relation to her early personal life.
  • 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: Robert B. Claytor
Triple: [W. Graham Claytor Jr., sibling, Robert B. Claytor]
Generated description
Robert B. Claytor was an American railroad executive who served as the first chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation following the merger of Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert B. Claytor
Target entity description: Robert B. Claytor was an American railroad executive who served as the first chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation following the merger of Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway.
  • A. Elmer A. Carter
    Elmer A. Carter was an American social worker and civil rights advocate who became a prominent New York State official and influential voice on race relations and labor issues.
  • B. Reginald H. Jones
    Reginald H. Jones was an American business executive best known for serving as chairman and CEO of General Electric during the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Ernest P. Worrell
    Ernest P. Worrell is a bumbling yet lovable fictional character from a series of comedy films and commercials, known for his catchphrase-laden antics and portrayal by actor Jim Varney.
  • E. Maurice F. Smith
    Maurice F. Smith was the first husband of American singer and television personality Dinah Shore, known primarily in relation to her early personal life.
  • 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_6a0170dd38708190b17cee0ab6cee6eb completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0172b0b8a48190a2c783c3e626a6f4 completed May 11, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0173557bd48190b2061be60e57c0e7 completed May 11, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.