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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
notableScientist
Indicates that the subject is a scientist who is widely recognized for significant contributions or impact in their field.
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B.
notableCulturalFigure
Indicates that a person holds significant influence or recognition within a culture’s arts, traditions, values, or public life.
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C.
pioneerOf
Indicates that an entity was among the first to develop, introduce, or significantly advance another entity, concept, or practice.
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D.
wasInventedBy
Indicates that something (typically an object, concept, or process) was created or brought into existence by a particular inventor or originator.
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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.