Triple

T4424010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) E95166 entity
Predicate notableBurial P196 FINISHED
Object David Whitney Jr.
David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
 E440481 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: David Whitney Jr. | Statement: [Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit), notableBurial, David Whitney Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Whitney Jr.
Context triple: [Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit), notableBurial, David Whitney Jr.]
  • A. Joseph Twichell
    Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
  • B. Benjamin Pickman Mann
    Benjamin Pickman Mann was the son of American education reformer Horace Mann and a member of the prominent Mann family in 19th-century New England.
  • C. George W. Perkins
    George W. Perkins was an American financier and philanthropist known for his influential role in Progressive Era reforms and support of major public health and social causes.
  • D. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • E. Benjamin Webster
    Benjamin Webster was a prominent 19th-century English actor-manager and theatre proprietor known for his influential role in London's West End stage.
  • 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: David Whitney Jr.
Triple: [Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit), notableBurial, David Whitney Jr.]
Generated description
David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Whitney Jr.
Target entity description: David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
  • A. Joseph Twichell
    Joseph Twichell was a 19th-century American Congregational minister and close friend and advisor to author Mark Twain.
  • B. Benjamin Pickman Mann
    Benjamin Pickman Mann was the son of American education reformer Horace Mann and a member of the prominent Mann family in 19th-century New England.
  • C. George W. Perkins
    George W. Perkins was an American financier and philanthropist known for his influential role in Progressive Era reforms and support of major public health and social causes.
  • D. Nathaniel A. Owings
    Nathaniel A. Owings was an American architect best known as a co-founder of the influential modernist architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  • E. Benjamin Webster
    Benjamin Webster was a prominent 19th-century English actor-manager and theatre proprietor known for his influential role in London's West End stage.
  • 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_69b3453a36908190b95a79a297ca083c completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3554ca5208190ba2661616dcf071c completed March 13, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b613683d4c8190b04f14c7a74b619a completed March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6177d1a588190991fddf506239d22 completed March 15, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b61b6bc1448190b30d444a821bb1a5 completed March 15, 2026, 2:37 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:30 p.m.