Triple
T3849600
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Morton Salt family |
E85256
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J. Sterling Morton
J. Sterling Morton was an American politician and environmental advocate best known as the founder of Arbor Day, a holiday dedicated to tree planting and conservation.
|
E392793
|
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: J. Sterling Morton | Statement: [Morton Salt family, hasNotableMember, J. Sterling Morton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Sterling Morton Context triple: [Morton Salt family, hasNotableMember, J. Sterling Morton]
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A.
Ferdinand Peck
Ferdinand Peck was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for promoting and financing the city’s Auditorium Building as a grand civic and cultural center.
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B.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
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C.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
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D.
John B. Denton
John B. Denton was a 19th-century American Methodist minister, lawyer, and soldier on the Texas frontier who was killed in conflict with Native Americans and later became the namesake of Denton County, Texas.
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E.
Peter A. Sarpy
Peter A. Sarpy was a 19th-century American fur trader and entrepreneur influential in the early development of the Nebraska Territory.
- 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: J. Sterling Morton Triple: [Morton Salt family, hasNotableMember, J. Sterling Morton]
Generated description
J. Sterling Morton was an American politician and environmental advocate best known as the founder of Arbor Day, a holiday dedicated to tree planting and conservation.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. Sterling Morton Target entity description: J. Sterling Morton was an American politician and environmental advocate best known as the founder of Arbor Day, a holiday dedicated to tree planting and conservation.
-
A.
Ferdinand Peck
Ferdinand Peck was a prominent Chicago businessman and philanthropist best known for promoting and financing the city’s Auditorium Building as a grand civic and cultural center.
-
B.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
-
C.
Enos M. Barton
Enos M. Barton was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder and early leader of Western Electric, a major telecommunications manufacturing company.
-
D.
John B. Denton
John B. Denton was a 19th-century American Methodist minister, lawyer, and soldier on the Texas frontier who was killed in conflict with Native Americans and later became the namesake of Denton County, Texas.
-
E.
Peter A. Sarpy
Peter A. Sarpy was a 19th-century American fur trader and entrepreneur influential in the early development of the Nebraska Territory.
- 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_69aed936de1c81908f91bed80f70abb2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeebcde86081908cf3840ae002acfa |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b504172d58819089d19f5cb7b803ec |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b504f32da48190a561cc72f0c4e827 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5064192a48190a0f95dee872437e0 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 6:54 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.