Triple

T4561710
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Transportation Act of 1920 E121805 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object John J. Esch
John J. Esch was an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin known for his influential work on railroad and transportation legislation in the early 20th century.
E515893 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. Esch | Statement: [Transportation Act of 1920, namedAfter, John J. Esch]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Esch
Context triple: [Transportation Act of 1920, namedAfter, John J. Esch]
  • A. John H. Leims
    John H. Leims was a United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II.
  • B. Robert T. Beyer
    Robert T. Beyer was an American physicist and translator known for bringing important scientific works, including foundational texts on quantum mechanics, to an English-speaking audience.
  • C. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • D. John G. Schmitz
    John G. Schmitz was a conservative American politician and U.S. Congressman who ran as a third-party presidential candidate in the 1972 election.
  • E. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • 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. Esch
Triple: [Transportation Act of 1920, namedAfter, John J. Esch]
Generated description
John J. Esch was an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin known for his influential work on railroad and transportation legislation in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John J. Esch
Target entity description: John J. Esch was an American Republican congressman from Wisconsin known for his influential work on railroad and transportation legislation in the early 20th century.
  • A. John H. Leims
    John H. Leims was a United States Marine Corps officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism during World War II.
  • B. Robert T. Beyer
    Robert T. Beyer was an American physicist and translator known for bringing important scientific works, including foundational texts on quantum mechanics, to an English-speaking audience.
  • C. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • D. John G. Schmitz
    John G. Schmitz was a conservative American politician and U.S. Congressman who ran as a third-party presidential candidate in the 1972 election.
  • E. John F. Sattler
    John F. Sattler is a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general known for his leadership of Marine forces during the Iraq War, including major operations in Fallujah.
  • 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_69bd463f156881908a99aca69c5721ac completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd582f21648190b49284eb61b618c9 completed March 20, 2026, 2:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf28ea49588190bf1bc4cb3ca4dcee completed March 21, 2026, 11:25 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2ad1b7e0819096b1ea7fc55401f2 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2b65903c8190a34d77b11dd1fa87 completed March 21, 2026, 11:36 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:09 p.m.