Triple

T318601
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Panama Canal E7762 entity
Predicate notableEngineer P22 FINISHED
Object John Frank Stevens
John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
E43226 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: John Frank Stevens | Statement: [Panama Canal, notableEngineer, John Frank Stevens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Frank Stevens
Context triple: [Panama Canal, notableEngineer, John Frank Stevens]
  • A. James Gamble Rogers
    James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
  • B. John Russell Pope
    John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
  • C. Daniel Burnham
    Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
  • D. Edward Durell Stone
    Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
  • E. Cass Gilbert
    Cass Gilbert was a prominent American architect best known for designing landmark structures such as the Woolworth Building in New York City and the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.
  • 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: John Frank Stevens
Triple: [Panama Canal, notableEngineer, John Frank Stevens]
Generated description
John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Frank Stevens
Target entity description: John Frank Stevens was an American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in organizing and directing early construction and infrastructure work on the Panama Canal.
  • A. James Gamble Rogers
    James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
  • B. John Russell Pope
    John Russell Pope was a prominent American architect best known for his grand neoclassical designs in Washington, D.C., including the Jefferson Memorial and the National Archives Building.
  • C. Daniel Burnham
    Daniel Burnham was a prominent American architect and urban planner of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for leading the design of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition and shaping the City Beautiful movement.
  • D. Edward Durell Stone
    Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
  • E. Cass Gilbert
    Cass Gilbert was a prominent American architect best known for designing landmark structures such as the Woolworth Building in New York City and the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: notableEngineer
Context triple: [Panama Canal, notableEngineer, John Frank Stevens]
  • A. notableScientist
    Indicates that the subject is a scientist who is widely recognized for significant contributions or impact in their field.
  • B. notableCulturalFigure
    Indicates that a person holds significant influence or recognition within a culture’s arts, traditions, values, or public life.
  • C. pioneerOf
    Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
  • D. wasInventedBy
    Indicates that something (typically an object, concept, or process) was created or brought into existence by a particular inventor or originator.
  • E. notableFor chosen
    Indicates that an entity is especially recognized or distinguished for a particular quality, achievement, characteristic, or role.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eb7df63c8190b7cd1bcfdfd96187 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3d4e03a608190820e3bef93158a15 completed March 1, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3d5629d508190ad4be1959a52adfc completed March 1, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3d5f14ef08190ac47267967ca7047 completed March 1, 2026, 6 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e94513ec819089f5177f7a521e65 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.