Triple

T4408153
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Collector of the Port of New York E94783 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object John J. Astor
John J. Astor was a prominent American businessman and political figure from the wealthy Astor family, known for his influence in New York’s commercial and civic life.
E444857 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 J. Astor | Statement: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, John J. Astor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Astor
Context triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, John J. Astor]
  • A. John Rudolph Astor
    John Rudolph Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, known as a British aristocrat and businessman connected to the influential Anglo-American Astor dynasty.
  • B. John Jacob Astor
    John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.
  • C. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • D. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • E. William Waldorf Astor
    William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.
  • 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 J. Astor
Triple: [Collector of the Port of New York, positionHeldBy, John J. Astor]
Generated description
John J. Astor was a prominent American businessman and political figure from the wealthy Astor family, known for his influence in New York’s commercial and civic life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Astor
Target entity description: John J. Astor was a prominent American businessman and political figure from the wealthy Astor family, known for his influence in New York’s commercial and civic life.
  • A. John Rudolph Astor
    John Rudolph Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, known as a British aristocrat and businessman connected to the influential Anglo-American Astor dynasty.
  • B. John Jacob Astor
    John Jacob Astor was a German-American fur trader and real estate magnate who became the first multi-millionaire in the United States and one of the wealthiest men of the early 19th century.
  • C. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • D. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • E. William Waldorf Astor
    William Waldorf Astor was an American-born financier, politician, and newspaper owner who became a prominent British peer and one of the wealthiest men of his era.
  • 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_69b34539638c8190abfea3eb29425210 completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3548cb92881908a3f98466da8e0a2 completed March 13, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b66b2e5cec81909768673ab3f341d5 completed March 15, 2026, 8:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b66b91ca408190a7d3443c8b4b8d61 completed March 15, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b66c9693088190bd3f8c4b82934e10 completed March 15, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:28 p.m.