Triple

T1974731
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Johnston E42882 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)
Gabriel Johnston was an 18th-century Scottish-born colonial governor of North Carolina, noted for his long tenure and efforts to promote settlement and economic development in the colony.
 E222574 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: Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative) | Statement: [Samuel Johnston, sibling, Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)
Context triple: [Samuel Johnston, sibling, Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)]
  • A. William Gaston
    William Gaston was a prominent 19th-century North Carolina jurist and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
  • B. Samuel Johnston
    Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
  • C. James Iredell Sr.
    James Iredell Sr. was an influential early American jurist and statesman who served as one of the original Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court and played a key role in shaping constitutional law.
  • D. James Iredell Jr.
    James Iredell Jr. was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of North Carolina in the early 19th century.
  • E. Gailard Sartain
    Gailard Sartain is an American character actor and comedian known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television shows, including appearances in popular comedies and family movies.
  • 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: Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)
Triple: [Samuel Johnston, sibling, Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)]
Generated description
Gabriel Johnston was an 18th-century Scottish-born colonial governor of North Carolina, noted for his long tenure and efforts to promote settlement and economic development in the colony.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gabriel Johnston (governor of North Carolina, uncle/relative)
Target entity description: Gabriel Johnston was an 18th-century Scottish-born colonial governor of North Carolina, noted for his long tenure and efforts to promote settlement and economic development in the colony.
  • A. William Gaston
    William Gaston was a prominent 19th-century North Carolina jurist and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.
  • B. Samuel Johnston
    Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
  • C. James Iredell Sr.
    James Iredell Sr. was an influential early American jurist and statesman who served as one of the original Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court and played a key role in shaping constitutional law.
  • D. James Iredell Jr.
    James Iredell Jr. was an American politician who served as the 23rd governor of North Carolina in the early 19th century.
  • E. Gailard Sartain
    Gailard Sartain is an American character actor and comedian known for his supporting roles in numerous films and television shows, including appearances in popular comedies and family movies.
  • 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_69a8871289048190b00b0d7744b7b2b1 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3f6c4208190a41e02733faed8df completed March 7, 2026, 5:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae03256a6c81909885fc3618c9c009 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae04128e048190a6a36e528586445a completed March 8, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae049b7b1c81908bae4acd269ce36e completed March 8, 2026, 11:22 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.