Triple
T3181591
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Treat Paine |
E66598
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Paine (merchant)
Thomas Paine (merchant) was a colonial-era American trader and the father of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine.
|
E333252
|
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: Thomas Paine (merchant) | Statement: [Robert Treat Paine, father, Thomas Paine (merchant)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Paine (merchant) Context triple: [Robert Treat Paine, father, Thomas Paine (merchant)]
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A.
James Paine
James Paine was an 18th-century English architect known for his elegant Palladian-style country houses and bridges.
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B.
Josiah Franklin
Josiah Franklin was an English-born Boston candle and soap maker best known as the father of American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin.
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C.
James Biddle
James Biddle was a United States Navy officer and diplomat in the early 19th century, noted for his service in the War of 1812 and for negotiating treaties with Asian nations.
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D.
Ephraim Bull
Ephraim Bull was a 19th-century American horticulturist best known for developing the Concord grape, one of the first widely successful American table and wine grapes.
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E.
Stephen Wilkinson
Stephen Wilkinson is a British conductor and choral director known for his influential work with the BBC Northern Singers and contributions to choral music in the 20th century.
- 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: Thomas Paine (merchant) Triple: [Robert Treat Paine, father, Thomas Paine (merchant)]
Generated description
Thomas Paine (merchant) was a colonial-era American trader and the father of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Paine (merchant) Target entity description: Thomas Paine (merchant) was a colonial-era American trader and the father of Founding Father and Declaration of Independence signer Robert Treat Paine.
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A.
James Paine
James Paine was an 18th-century English architect known for his elegant Palladian-style country houses and bridges.
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B.
Josiah Franklin
Josiah Franklin was an English-born Boston candle and soap maker best known as the father of American statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin.
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C.
James Biddle
James Biddle was a United States Navy officer and diplomat in the early 19th century, noted for his service in the War of 1812 and for negotiating treaties with Asian nations.
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D.
Ephraim Bull
Ephraim Bull was a 19th-century American horticulturist best known for developing the Concord grape, one of the first widely successful American table and wine grapes.
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E.
Stephen Wilkinson
Stephen Wilkinson is a British conductor and choral director known for his influential work with the BBC Northern Singers and contributions to choral music in the 20th century.
- 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_69ad8587c1bc8190a2595f2c22ee1001 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada6bd07888190b680eace8290d821 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b235fd1688819080fa1d73d2b233ba |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b236e61ae88190a76b942c6cddff41 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b23770ed4c8190b5d929cc95a286a0 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.