Triple

T3053279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject First Barbary War E60419 entity
Predicate USMarineOfficer P45384 FINISHED
Object William Eaton
William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
E322383 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: William Eaton | Statement: [First Barbary War, USMarineOfficer, William Eaton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Eaton
Context triple: [First Barbary War, USMarineOfficer, William Eaton]
  • A. Matthias N. Forney
    Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
  • B. John Y. Knox
    John Y. Knox is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
  • C. John B. Knox
    John B. Knox was an American lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention that entrenched disenfranchisement of Black voters.
  • D. George Reynolds
    George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
  • E. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • 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: William Eaton
Triple: [First Barbary War, USMarineOfficer, William Eaton]
Generated description
William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Eaton
Target entity description: William Eaton was an early 19th-century U.S. Army officer and diplomat best known for leading the overland expedition that captured Derna during the First Barbary War.
  • A. Matthias N. Forney
    Matthias N. Forney was a 19th-century American mechanical engineer and locomotive designer who played a key role in the early professionalization of mechanical engineering in the United States.
  • B. John Y. Knox
    John Y. Knox is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Knox.
  • C. John B. Knox
    John B. Knox was an American lawyer and politician best known for presiding over the 1901 Alabama constitutional convention that entrenched disenfranchisement of Black voters.
  • D. George Reynolds
    George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
  • E. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: USMarineOfficer
Context triple: [First Barbary War, USMarineOfficer, William Eaton]
  • A. militaryRole
    Indicates the specific function, position, or duty an entity holds within a military organization or context.
  • B. commanderUnitedStates
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commander of a United States military or governmental unit, mission, or operation.
  • C. hasMilitaryDesignation
    Indicates that an entity is assigned a specific military-related code, title, or classification.
  • D. fleetCommander
    Indicates that one entity serves as the commanding officer or overall leader in charge of the operations and decisions of a fleet associated with another entity.
  • E. militaryBranchEligibility
    Indicates that an entity meets the required conditions to serve in a specified branch of the military.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69ad8578137c81908259dcb27c7d6d7c completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9bf3c52c8190bbe8e5cb98c21715 completed March 8, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1ef00630c8190a3b5b2854350ecb9 completed March 11, 2026, 10:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1efa8c11081908661b33e465e11bc completed March 11, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1f05e44e08190be8b194938b6c1c7 completed March 11, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ad962195388190856013a2519c2b0f completed March 8, 2026, 3:30 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ad9b272a408190ba0ce09bdeea76c9 completed March 8, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:01 p.m.