Triple

T1838326
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Geographic Society E41116 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Almon Harris Thompson
Almon Harris Thompson was an American geographer, explorer, and educator known for his role in early Western U.S. surveys and as a co-founder of the National Geographic Society.
 E272587 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: Almon Harris Thompson | Statement: [National Geographic Society, foundedBy, Almon Harris Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Almon Harris Thompson
Context triple: [National Geographic Society, foundedBy, Almon Harris Thompson]
  • A. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • B. Maxwell R. Thurman
    Maxwell R. Thurman was a U.S. Army four-star general best known for leading the 1989 invasion of Panama and for his influential roles in military personnel and training policy.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. Lofton R. Henderson
    Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
  • E. William Terrell
    William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
  • 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: Almon Harris Thompson
Triple: [National Geographic Society, foundedBy, Almon Harris Thompson]
Generated description
Almon Harris Thompson was an American geographer, explorer, and educator known for his role in early Western U.S. surveys and as a co-founder of the National Geographic Society.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Almon Harris Thompson
Target entity description: Almon Harris Thompson was an American geographer, explorer, and educator known for his role in early Western U.S. surveys and as a co-founder of the National Geographic Society.
  • A. Holton D. Robinson
    Holton D. Robinson was an American civil engineer noted for his work on major suspension bridges in the early 20th century.
  • B. Maxwell R. Thurman
    Maxwell R. Thurman was a U.S. Army four-star general best known for leading the 1989 invasion of Panama and for his influential roles in military personnel and training policy.
  • C. Joseph C. Thompson
    Joseph C. Thompson is an American arts administrator best known for leading the development and long-term growth of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) into a major contemporary art institution.
  • D. Lofton R. Henderson
    Lofton R. Henderson was a U.S. Marine Corps aviator and squadron commander killed during the Battle of Midway in World War II, remembered for his leadership and sacrifice in one of the war’s pivotal engagements.
  • E. William Terrell
    William Terrell was an American politician and public figure from Georgia, honored as the namesake of Terrell County.
  • 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_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb039cb588190b2626245a7f0bd67 completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af1f6cb97c8190bf6e8dbdcae3aabd completed March 9, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af201e1a748190905bb221fc5dd01e completed March 9, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af20ad25588190b8e26e82baba731d completed March 9, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.