Triple
T20340408
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Railroads: Their Origin and Problems |
E495723
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entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object | Charles Francis Adams Jr. |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Charles Francis Adams Jr. | Statement: [Railroads: Their Origin and Problems, author, Charles Francis Adams Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Francis Adams Jr. Context triple: [Railroads: Their Origin and Problems, author, Charles Francis Adams Jr.]
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A.
Charles Francis Adams Jr.
chosen
Charles Francis Adams Jr. was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, railroad executive, and public intellectual from the prominent Adams political family.
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B.
Charles Francis Adams Sr.
Charles Francis Adams Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American diplomat, politician, and son and grandson of U.S. presidents, best known for his role as U.S. minister to the United Kingdom during the Civil War.
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C.
Charles Francis Adams III
Charles Francis Adams III was an American lawyer and public official who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and was a prominent member of the influential Adams political family.
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D.
Charles P. Adams
Charles P. Adams was an American educator who established and led the institution that became Grambling State University, helping expand higher education opportunities for African Americans in Louisiana.
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E.
Charles Adams Jr.
Charles Adams Jr. was an American lawyer and diplomat, known for serving as U.S. Minister to the United Kingdom in the late 19th century and as a prominent member of the Adams political family.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4a3320881909495ae8bc30bc2dc |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6783533a881909a12311bb9c66542 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:23 a.m.