Triple
T3062952
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant |
E62036
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedForOccupation |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources
Harvey O. Banks was a pioneering California water engineer and administrator who played a key role in developing the state’s modern water management and delivery systems.
|
E323268
|
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: Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources | Statement: [Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, namedForOccupation, Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources Context triple: [Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, namedForOccupation, Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources]
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A.
William Mulholland
William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.
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B.
M. H. de Young
M. H. de Young was a prominent San Francisco newspaper publisher and civic leader whose philanthropy and cultural advocacy led to the establishment of major art institutions in the city.
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C.
Leland S. Hobbs
Leland S. Hobbs was a U.S. Army major general in World War II who led the 30th Infantry Division in several key European campaigns.
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D.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Henry T. Oxnard
Henry T. Oxnard was an American sugar industry entrepreneur after whom the city of Oxnard, California, is named.
- 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: Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources Triple: [Harvey O. Banks Pumping Plant, namedForOccupation, Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources]
Generated description
Harvey O. Banks was a pioneering California water engineer and administrator who played a key role in developing the state’s modern water management and delivery systems.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Harvey O. Banks, first director of the California Department of Water Resources Target entity description: Harvey O. Banks was a pioneering California water engineer and administrator who played a key role in developing the state’s modern water management and delivery systems.
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A.
William Mulholland
William Mulholland was an influential early 20th-century civil engineer who masterminded Los Angeles’s water infrastructure, most famously the Los Angeles Aqueduct, which transformed the city’s growth and sparked major water-rights controversies.
-
B.
M. H. de Young
M. H. de Young was a prominent San Francisco newspaper publisher and civic leader whose philanthropy and cultural advocacy led to the establishment of major art institutions in the city.
-
C.
Leland S. Hobbs
Leland S. Hobbs was a U.S. Army major general in World War II who led the 30th Infantry Division in several key European campaigns.
-
D.
Philip H. Lathrop
Philip H. Lathrop was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous notable films and television productions in the mid-20th century.
-
E.
Henry T. Oxnard
Henry T. Oxnard was an American sugar industry entrepreneur after whom the city of Oxnard, California, is named.
- 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_69ad85793e5c8190a358049bc4a98d8c |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad9ea088fc819090b9d5bbcb268671 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1ef118cb48190a1f666ead7c19a12 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f1291670819083866bd4950d4124 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f1990be08190bfa83c08323c5d40 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.