Triple

T1890775
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Knox E41868 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Philander C. Knox
Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
E231630 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: Philander C. Knox | Statement: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Philander C. Knox]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philander C. Knox
Context triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Philander C. Knox]
  • A. Thomas W. Knox
    Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
  • B. William Knox
    William Knox is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and literature.
  • C. Alexander Cushing
    Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
  • D. Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
  • E. James S. Sherman
    James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
  • 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: Philander C. Knox
Triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, Philander C. Knox]
Generated description
Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philander C. Knox
Target entity description: Philander C. Knox was an American lawyer, U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and Secretary of State in the early 20th century, known for his role in shaping U.S. foreign and corporate policy during the administrations of Presidents McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft.
  • A. Thomas W. Knox
    Thomas W. Knox was a 19th-century American journalist and author known for his Civil War reporting and popular travel and adventure books.
  • B. William Knox
    William Knox is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and literature.
  • C. Alexander Cushing
    Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
  • D. Amos Kendall
    Amos Kendall was a prominent 19th-century American journalist, political adviser, and U.S. Postmaster General who was a key member of President Andrew Jackson’s “Kitchen Cabinet.”
  • E. James S. Sherman
    James S. Sherman was an American politician who served as the 27th vice president of the United States under President William Howard Taft from 1909 until his death in 1912.
  • 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb14475448190b291ada3454bf98b completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae26f6e1288190a69d4197ce5bd5b1 completed March 9, 2026, 1:48 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae2901eb588190863e15deb8614754 completed March 9, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae297ebf6c819086e10ee455bea988 completed March 9, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.