Triple

T1842800
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howells E41212 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
E211478 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: John Howells | Statement: [Howells, hasNotableBearer, John Howells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Howells
Context triple: [Howells, hasNotableBearer, John Howells]
  • A. William W. Howells
    William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
  • B. William Dean Howells
    William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
  • C. John Mead Howells
    John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
  • D. Booth Tarkington
    Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
  • E. Charles Dudley Warner
    Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
  • 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: John Howells
Triple: [Howells, hasNotableBearer, John Howells]
Generated description
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Howells
Target entity description: John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
  • A. William W. Howells
    William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
  • B. William Dean Howells
    William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
  • C. John Mead Howells
    John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
  • D. Booth Tarkington
    Booth Tarkington was an American novelist and playwright best known for his early 20th-century portrayals of Midwestern American life and for works such as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams."
  • E. Charles Dudley Warner
    Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
  • 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_69a88648cd44819093303206d96d76ad completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb04eb0748190b226f932e544925f completed March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adead8e9148190b7cba0f325dc58c4 completed March 8, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb6e8fe08190a4732d42aa15ee8e completed March 8, 2026, 9:34 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adebea03a08190bd055e3e6460b5f4 completed March 8, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.