Triple
T18052963
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Abraham Lincoln: A History |
E431964
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John G. Nicolay |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: John G. Nicolay | Statement: [Abraham Lincoln: A History, author, John G. Nicolay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John G. Nicolay Context triple: [Abraham Lincoln: A History, author, John G. Nicolay]
-
A.
John G. Nicolay
chosen
John G. Nicolay was a German-born American political figure and historian best known as Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and co-author of a seminal multi-volume biography of Lincoln with John Hay.
-
B.
Charles P. Adams
Charles P. Adams was an American educator who established and led the institution that became Grambling State University, helping expand higher education opportunities for African Americans in Louisiana.
-
C.
Walter Burr
Walter Burr is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Burr, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
-
D.
Henry Adams Neely
Henry Adams Neely was a 19th-century American Episcopal bishop who played a foundational role in establishing and leading the Episcopal Church in Maine.
-
E.
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
Charles Francis Adams Jr. was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, railroad executive, and public intellectual from the prominent Adams political family.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b906482481908183315b9ecf9994 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e4c0ff580c8190bc3ca04025476255 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.