Triple
T2291679
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Comstock Prize in Physics |
E51517
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cyrus B. Comstock
Cyrus B. Comstock was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and military officer known for his influential work in engineering and scientific administration, including leadership roles in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Academy of Sciences.
|
E519723
|
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: Cyrus B. Comstock | Statement: [Comstock Prize in Physics, namedAfter, Cyrus B. Comstock]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyrus B. Comstock Context triple: [Comstock Prize in Physics, namedAfter, Cyrus B. Comstock]
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A.
Elias B. Caldwell
Elias B. Caldwell was an early 19th-century American lawyer and reformer best known as a founding figure of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the resettlement of free African Americans to Africa.
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B.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
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C.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
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E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- 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: Cyrus B. Comstock Triple: [Comstock Prize in Physics, namedAfter, Cyrus B. Comstock]
Generated description
Cyrus B. Comstock was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and military officer known for his influential work in engineering and scientific administration, including leadership roles in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Academy of Sciences.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyrus B. Comstock Target entity description: Cyrus B. Comstock was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and military officer known for his influential work in engineering and scientific administration, including leadership roles in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Academy of Sciences.
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A.
Elias B. Caldwell
Elias B. Caldwell was an early 19th-century American lawyer and reformer best known as a founding figure of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the resettlement of free African Americans to Africa.
-
B.
Charles W. Bingham
Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
-
C.
Horace W. Peaslee
Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
-
D.
Charles F. Brannan
Charles F. Brannan was a mid-20th-century U.S. Secretary of Agriculture known for advocating progressive farm policies and New Deal–style agricultural reforms.
-
E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- 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_69a88b09c644819090b503456d96bf70 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc5b50df481908a3d8f71d245e8fa |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3a763c5081909cfb4b209207c859 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf3b1bfaec8190a9c1cfa734e1a529 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf3ec2e6c88190a7e965d06455dccd |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.