Triple

T3541966
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old Croton Dam E74906 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object John B. Jervis
John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
E367433 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 B. Jervis | Statement: [Old Croton Dam, architect, John B. Jervis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. Jervis
Context triple: [Old Croton Dam, architect, John B. Jervis]
  • A. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • B. Christopher Nourse
    Christopher Nourse is a British arts administrator and producer known for his leadership roles in major dance and performing arts organizations.
  • C. Louis Nye
    Louis Nye was an American comedian and character actor best known for his witty television appearances and recurring roles during the early years of late-night TV.
  • D. McGeorge Bundy
    McGeorge Bundy was an American foreign policy expert who served as National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, playing a key role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War.
  • E. Walter H. Shorenstein
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • 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 B. Jervis
Triple: [Old Croton Dam, architect, John B. Jervis]
Generated description
John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John B. Jervis
Target entity description: John B. Jervis was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer known for his major contributions to canal, railroad, and water-supply infrastructure projects.
  • A. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • B. Christopher Nourse
    Christopher Nourse is a British arts administrator and producer known for his leadership roles in major dance and performing arts organizations.
  • C. Louis Nye
    Louis Nye was an American comedian and character actor best known for his witty television appearances and recurring roles during the early years of late-night TV.
  • D. McGeorge Bundy
    McGeorge Bundy was an American foreign policy expert who served as National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, playing a key role in shaping U.S. strategy during the Vietnam War.
  • E. Walter H. Shorenstein
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbf73c5e881909a8352512928377b completed March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b38bda9b848190a06b4b7113f97fc1 completed March 13, 2026, 4 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b38c6dbfcc8190897d0c12e8ce4416 completed March 13, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b38cf9d8188190adb91671d062a6f9 completed March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.