Triple

T2998949
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old South Church E81138 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object Willard T. Sears
Willard T. Sears was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential ecclesiastical and institutional designs, particularly in Boston.
 E736834 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: Willard T. Sears | Statement: [Old South Church, architect, Willard T. Sears]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willard T. Sears
Context triple: [Old South Church, architect, Willard T. Sears]
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Willis C. Hawley
    Willis C. Hawley was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
  • C. Franklin C. Sibert
    Franklin C. Sibert was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for leading American forces in major Pacific campaigns.
  • D. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • E. Albert E. Smith
    Albert E. Smith was a pioneering film producer and early motion picture entrepreneur who co-founded one of the first major American movie studios.
  • 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: Willard T. Sears
Triple: [Old South Church, architect, Willard T. Sears]
Generated description
Willard T. Sears was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential ecclesiastical and institutional designs, particularly in Boston.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Willard T. Sears
Target entity description: Willard T. Sears was a prominent 19th-century American architect known for his influential ecclesiastical and institutional designs, particularly in Boston.
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Willis C. Hawley
    Willis C. Hawley was an American politician and U.S. Representative from Oregon best known for co-sponsoring the protectionist Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
  • C. Franklin C. Sibert
    Franklin C. Sibert was a U.S. Army lieutenant general and World War II corps commander noted for leading American forces in major Pacific campaigns.
  • D. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • E. Albert E. Smith
    Albert E. Smith was a pioneering film producer and early motion picture entrepreneur who co-founded one of the first major American movie studios.
  • 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_69ad8b187fc8819085914d3c9ea3142d completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad99f766408190a5591efce8346bb9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce38b159d0819087efca6f80797971 completed April 2, 2026, 9:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce3ad9a3a88190929a6c6ae7ee58cf completed April 2, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce3cc54d888190ae86b787afc38f7b completed April 2, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:59 p.m.