Triple

T19376176
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nickels–Sortwell House E484672 entity
Predicate purchasedBy P347 FINISHED
Object Alvin Sortwell — 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: Alvin Sortwell | Statement: [Nickels–Sortwell House, purchasedBy, Alvin Sortwell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alvin Sortwell
Context triple: [Nickels–Sortwell House, purchasedBy, Alvin Sortwell]
  • A. William McDermot
    William McDermot is a personal name that appears as a variant spelling of the more common surname form “McDermott.”
  • B. Wilfrid Kent Hughes
    Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
  • C. Walter H. Beech
    Walter H. Beech was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, a major manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft.
  • D. Lloyd Stearman
    Lloyd Stearman was an American aviation pioneer and aircraft designer best known for founding multiple aircraft companies and creating the iconic Stearman biplane trainers used extensively before and during World War II.
  • E. Clyde Pangborn
    Clyde Pangborn was an American aviator best known for completing the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
  • 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: Alvin Sortwell
Target entity description: Alvin Sortwell was an American politician and businessman from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who served as mayor in the late 19th century.
  • A. William McDermot
    William McDermot is a personal name that appears as a variant spelling of the more common surname form “McDermott.”
  • B. Wilfrid Kent Hughes
    Wilfrid Kent Hughes was an Australian politician and sports administrator who played a leading role in organizing the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.
  • C. Walter H. Beech
    Walter H. Beech was an American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the Beech Aircraft Corporation, a major manufacturer of general aviation and military aircraft.
  • D. Lloyd Stearman
    Lloyd Stearman was an American aviation pioneer and aircraft designer best known for founding multiple aircraft companies and creating the iconic Stearman biplane trainers used extensively before and during World War II.
  • E. Clyde Pangborn
    Clyde Pangborn was an American aviator best known for completing the first nonstop trans-Pacific flight from Japan to the United States in 1931.
  • 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_69d8e8d460d88190abf0591c5c9d2b0c completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e61a5c05c08190b91cb32fdb79813b completed April 20, 2026, 12:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:35 p.m.