Triple

T4624025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Halifax Explosion E101051 entity
Predicate notableVictim P870 FINISHED
Object Vincent Coleman
Vincent Coleman was a Canadian railway dispatcher remembered as a hero for staying at his post to warn an incoming train before being killed in the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
E456310 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: Vincent Coleman | Statement: [Halifax Explosion, notableVictim, Vincent Coleman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vincent Coleman
Context triple: [Halifax Explosion, notableVictim, Vincent Coleman]
  • A. Derrick Coleman
    Derrick Coleman is a former NBA All-Star power forward and center best known for his dominant collegiate career at Syracuse University and being selected first overall in the 1990 NBA Draft.
  • B. Vincent Brantley
    Vincent Brantley is an American songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing and producing New Edition’s hit album "All for Love" and the single "Count Me Out."
  • C. Victor Milner
    Victor Milner was an American cinematographer and Academy Award winner known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Miles Hendon
    Miles Hendon is a loyal and chivalrous English gentleman who befriends and protects the young Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper."
  • E. Coco Williams
    Coco Williams is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.
  • 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: Vincent Coleman
Triple: [Halifax Explosion, notableVictim, Vincent Coleman]
Generated description
Vincent Coleman was a Canadian railway dispatcher remembered as a hero for staying at his post to warn an incoming train before being killed in the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vincent Coleman
Target entity description: Vincent Coleman was a Canadian railway dispatcher remembered as a hero for staying at his post to warn an incoming train before being killed in the 1917 Halifax Explosion.
  • A. Derrick Coleman
    Derrick Coleman is a former NBA All-Star power forward and center best known for his dominant collegiate career at Syracuse University and being selected first overall in the 1990 NBA Draft.
  • B. Vincent Brantley
    Vincent Brantley is an American songwriter and record producer best known for co-writing and producing New Edition’s hit album "All for Love" and the single "Count Me Out."
  • C. Victor Milner
    Victor Milner was an American cinematographer and Academy Award winner known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films during the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. Miles Hendon
    Miles Hendon is a loyal and chivalrous English gentleman who befriends and protects the young Prince Edward in Mark Twain’s classic tale "The Prince and the Pauper."
  • E. Coco Williams
    Coco Williams is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.
  • 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_69bd43d0497c8190ac23c65c5804846a completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5a06d6248190a613be9784dd1ef4 completed March 20, 2026, 2:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bdfaa564988190b565c26b9cd3d3be completed March 21, 2026, 1:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bdfb6fa3fc8190b79b641025710eb1 completed March 21, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bdfbeddd7c8190955bd3363fec4ca1 completed March 21, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:13 p.m.