Triple

T3491183
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aroostook War E73733 entity
Predicate significantPerson P643 FINISHED
Object John Fairfield
John Fairfield was a 19th-century American politician and governor of Maine who played a key leadership role during the Aroostook War, a border dispute between the United States and British North America.
 E363483 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: John Fairfield | Statement: [Aroostook War, significantPerson, John Fairfield]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Fairfield
Context triple: [Aroostook War, significantPerson, John Fairfield]
  • A. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • B. John Sankey
    John Sankey was a British Labour politician and trade unionist associated with the National Labour Organisation.
  • C. Stone Crandall
    Stone Crandall is a handsome, overconfident alpha-male character in the 2015 comedy film "Vacation," known for his outrageous antics and exaggerated masculinity.
  • D. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • E. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • 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 Fairfield
Triple: [Aroostook War, significantPerson, John Fairfield]
Generated description
John Fairfield was a 19th-century American politician and governor of Maine who played a key leadership role during the Aroostook War, a border dispute between the United States and British North America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Fairfield
Target entity description: John Fairfield was a 19th-century American politician and governor of Maine who played a key leadership role during the Aroostook War, a border dispute between the United States and British North America.
  • A. Glenn Williamson
    Glenn Williamson is a film producer known for his work on independent and character-driven movies, including the dark comedy-drama "Sunshine Cleaning."
  • B. John Sankey
    John Sankey was a British Labour politician and trade unionist associated with the National Labour Organisation.
  • C. Stone Crandall
    Stone Crandall is a handsome, overconfident alpha-male character in the 2015 comedy film "Vacation," known for his outrageous antics and exaggerated masculinity.
  • D. James Finlayson
    James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
  • E. Kevin Hageman
    Kevin Hageman is an American screenwriter and producer known for his work on animated and family films and television series, including contributions to The Lego Movie franchise.
  • 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_69ad85cca8d4819088494e9f3340fab5 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbaa720c8190af47b052cc66c225 completed March 8, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373bf5d3c8190ae631a6114696e98 completed March 13, 2026, 2:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b374354c0c8190ba46845904b76340 completed March 13, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b374ad3bcc8190ac7d6e614eb696fa completed March 13, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.