Triple
T18053012
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John G. Nicolay |
E431965
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nicolay |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Nicolay | Statement: [John G. Nicolay, familyName, Nicolay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolay Context triple: [John G. Nicolay, familyName, Nicolay]
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A.
Nicolay
Nicolay is a Dutch record producer and multi-instrumentalist best known as one half of the Grammy-nominated hip hop and R&B duo The Foreign Exchange.
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B.
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the youngest and famously mischievous son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his close, affectionate relationship with his father during the Civil War years.
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C.
Alexis Mikhailovich
Alexis Mikhailovich was the second Romanov tsar of Russia, ruling from 1645 to 1676 and overseeing significant territorial expansion and internal reforms that shaped the early modern Russian state.
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D.
Theodore
Theodore is a small rural town in Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and close-knit community within the Banana Shire region.
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E.
Theodore
Theodore is a small rural town in Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural community and proximity to the Dawson River.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nicolay Target entity description: Nicolay is a surname most notably associated with John G. Nicolay, a German-born American private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln and co-author of a seminal biography of Lincoln.
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A.
Nicolay
Nicolay is a Dutch record producer and multi-instrumentalist best known as one half of the Grammy-nominated hip hop and R&B duo The Foreign Exchange.
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B.
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln
Thomas "Tad" Lincoln was the youngest and famously mischievous son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his close, affectionate relationship with his father during the Civil War years.
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C.
Alexis Mikhailovich
Alexis Mikhailovich was the second Romanov tsar of Russia, ruling from 1645 to 1676 and overseeing significant territorial expansion and internal reforms that shaped the early modern Russian state.
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D.
Theodore
Theodore is a masculine given name of Greek origin, meaning "gift of God," from which the nickname Ted is derived.
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E.
Theodore
Theodore is a small rural town in Queensland, Australia, known for its agricultural activities and close-knit community within the Banana Shire region.
- F. None of above. chosen
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.