Triple

T4397987
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lincoln family E99538 entity
Predicate hasProminentDescendant P17517 FINISHED
Object Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer and the last undisputed direct male descendant of President Abraham Lincoln.
E436022 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: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith | Statement: [Lincoln family, hasProminentDescendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Context triple: [Lincoln family, hasProminentDescendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith]
  • A. Mary Lincoln Beckwith
    Mary Lincoln Beckwith was a granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln and a relatively private member of the Lincoln family known for her lifelong unmarried status and low public profile.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. William Holmes
    William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
  • E. James Carroll Beckwith
    James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
  • 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: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Triple: [Lincoln family, hasProminentDescendant, Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith]
Generated description
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer and the last undisputed direct male descendant of President Abraham Lincoln.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith
Target entity description: Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer and the last undisputed direct male descendant of President Abraham Lincoln.
  • A. Mary Lincoln Beckwith
    Mary Lincoln Beckwith was a granddaughter of President Abraham Lincoln and a relatively private member of the Lincoln family known for her lifelong unmarried status and low public profile.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. William Holmes
    William Holmes was a film editor best known for his Academy Award-winning work on the 1941 biographical war film "Sergeant York."
  • E. James Carroll Beckwith
    James Carroll Beckwith was an American portrait and genre painter of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his refined academic style and contributions to the New York art scene.
  • 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_69b345506b408190b0e3dee616738a7d completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b35640269c8190a88fc6b59070561b completed March 13, 2026, 12:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5e53ae7bc8190b216319e522b11c6 completed March 14, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5e5f8b9bc8190abb35710e2ddbe5e completed March 14, 2026, 10:49 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e62af694819086b3eddb71f591d2 completed March 14, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:20 p.m.