Triple
T3382250
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bureau of American Ethnology |
E71212
|
entity |
| Predicate | director |
P255
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Holmes
William Henry Holmes was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scientific illustrator known for his influential work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major U.S. scientific institutions.
|
E352727
|
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: William Henry Holmes | Statement: [Bureau of American Ethnology, director, William Henry Holmes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Holmes Context triple: [Bureau of American Ethnology, director, William Henry Holmes]
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A.
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
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B.
Benjamin Franklin Loomis
Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
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C.
John Wellborn Root
John Wellborn Root was a pioneering American architect of the late 19th century, best known for his influential role in developing early skyscraper design and shaping the Chicago School of architecture.
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D.
Alfred Borden
Alfred Borden is a brilliant but secretive Victorian-era stage magician whose obsessive rivalry and extreme dedication to his craft drive the central mystery and tragedy of "The Prestige."
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E.
George A. Soper
George A. Soper was an American sanitary engineer and public health official, best known for his work in epidemiology and his role in founding the American Cancer Society.
- 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 Henry Holmes Triple: [Bureau of American Ethnology, director, William Henry Holmes]
Generated description
William Henry Holmes was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scientific illustrator known for his influential work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major U.S. scientific institutions.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Holmes Target entity description: William Henry Holmes was an American archaeologist, anthropologist, and scientific illustrator known for his influential work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major U.S. scientific institutions.
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A.
John Henry Patterson
John Henry Patterson was an American industrialist and business pioneer best known for building the National Cash Register Company (NCR) into a major corporation and for innovating modern sales and management techniques.
-
B.
Benjamin Franklin Loomis
Benjamin Franklin Loomis was an early 20th-century photographer and conservationist known for documenting and helping to preserve the Lassen Peak region in California.
-
C.
John Wellborn Root
John Wellborn Root was a pioneering American architect of the late 19th century, best known for his influential role in developing early skyscraper design and shaping the Chicago School of architecture.
-
D.
Alfred Borden
Alfred Borden is a brilliant but secretive Victorian-era stage magician whose obsessive rivalry and extreme dedication to his craft drive the central mystery and tragedy of "The Prestige."
-
E.
George A. Soper
George A. Soper was an American sanitary engineer and public health official, best known for his work in epidemiology and his role in founding the American Cancer Society.
- 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_69ad85a8fd9c819095ecedf838d2bf1b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb5e9af608190bfb228ef99a87bb7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b33452d79081909bf6955289e0dece |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b334f75e708190aed8b388c9ea55d2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b3359ab56881908e247ba54c7dd6c7 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 9:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:14 p.m.