Triple
T16938728
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | D. W. Brosnan |
E410893
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
president of Southern Railway
D. W. Brosnan was an American railroad executive best known for leading the Southern Railway during a period of significant modernization and expansion.
|
E1241891
|
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: president of Southern Railway | Statement: [D. W. Brosnan, positionHeld, president of Southern Railway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: president of Southern Railway Context triple: [D. W. Brosnan, positionHeld, president of Southern Railway]
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A.
Richmond Shreve
Richmond Shreve was an American architect best known as a principal of the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, which designed New York City's Empire State Building.
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B.
Henry B. Plant
Henry B. Plant was a prominent 19th-century American railroad and hotel magnate who developed much of Florida’s transportation infrastructure.
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C.
Edmund B. Sebree
Edmund B. Sebree was a United States Army major general who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
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D.
Norris B. Herndon
Norris B. Herndon was an influential African American businessman and philanthropist who expanded and led the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, significantly advancing Black economic empowerment in the early to mid-20th century.
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E.
James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who played a key role in the annexation of Texas and became a prominent political leader in the mid-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: president of Southern Railway Triple: [D. W. Brosnan, positionHeld, president of Southern Railway]
Generated description
D. W. Brosnan was an American railroad executive best known for leading the Southern Railway during a period of significant modernization and expansion.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: president of Southern Railway Target entity description: D. W. Brosnan was an American railroad executive best known for leading the Southern Railway during a period of significant modernization and expansion.
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A.
Richmond Shreve
Richmond Shreve was an American architect best known as a principal of the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, which designed New York City's Empire State Building.
-
B.
Henry B. Plant
Henry B. Plant was a prominent 19th-century American railroad and hotel magnate who developed much of Florida’s transportation infrastructure.
-
C.
Edmund B. Sebree
Edmund B. Sebree was a United States Army major general who distinguished himself as a combat commander in the European Theater during World War II.
-
D.
Norris B. Herndon
Norris B. Herndon was an influential African American businessman and philanthropist who expanded and led the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, significantly advancing Black economic empowerment in the early to mid-20th century.
-
E.
James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson was an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who played a key role in the annexation of Texas and became a prominent political leader in the mid-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_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_6a00cfe7e75881908f95b1d859dd67e4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00d0b13f1c819091f3f8b966e36214 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00d1ad6b7081908be76d70ad9e2075 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:42 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:31 a.m.