Triple

T3808821
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bleeding Kansas crisis E93078 entity
Predicate hasSignificantPerson P2308 FINISHED
Object Andrew P. Butler
Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
E488834 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: Andrew P. Butler | Statement: [Bleeding Kansas crisis, hasSignificantPerson, Andrew P. Butler]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew P. Butler
Context triple: [Bleeding Kansas crisis, hasSignificantPerson, Andrew P. Butler]
  • A. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • B. Anthony W. Marshall
    Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
  • C. Nathan F. Barrett
    Nathan F. Barrett was a prominent American landscape architect known for designing planned industrial communities and urban parks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John M. Balch
    John M. Balch was an individual significant enough in local history that the city of Balch Springs, Texas, was named in his honor.
  • E. Nicholas H. Cobbs
    Nicholas H. Cobbs was a 19th-century Episcopal bishop who served as the first Bishop of Alabama, helping to establish and organize the Episcopal Church in the state.
  • 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: Andrew P. Butler
Triple: [Bleeding Kansas crisis, hasSignificantPerson, Andrew P. Butler]
Generated description
Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Andrew P. Butler
Target entity description: Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
  • A. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • B. Anthony W. Marshall
    Anthony W. Marshall was an American film and television producer and director, best known for his work on popular sitcoms and as the father of actress-director Penny Marshall.
  • C. Nathan F. Barrett
    Nathan F. Barrett was a prominent American landscape architect known for designing planned industrial communities and urban parks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • D. John M. Balch
    John M. Balch was an individual significant enough in local history that the city of Balch Springs, Texas, was named in his honor.
  • E. Nicholas H. Cobbs
    Nicholas H. Cobbs was a 19th-century Episcopal bishop who served as the first Bishop of Alabama, helping to establish and organize the Episcopal Church in the state.
  • 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_69aed96a60088190ab1df8390fffc935 completed March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aef90ce3088190b82e8421ce9a4005 completed March 9, 2026, 4:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be9c31748c81909477e01261b5a78a completed March 21, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9e3cfa8081909378c552be3ecb41 completed March 21, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be9e902e3881909f2662cf8f086cd9 completed March 21, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:16 p.m.