Triple

T4734693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michigan Territory E105094 entity
Predicate hasGovernor P46 FINISHED
Object Stevens T. Mason
Stevens T. Mason was the first governor of the U.S. state of Michigan, known as the "Boy Governor" for taking office at an unusually young age and leading Michigan to statehood.
 E654766 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Stevens T. Mason | Statement: [Michigan Territory, hasGovernor, Stevens T. Mason]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stevens T. Mason
Context triple: [Michigan Territory, hasGovernor, Stevens T. Mason]
  • A. Emory A. Chase
    Emory A. Chase was an American jurist who served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals in the early 20th century.
  • B. Moses H. Sherman
    Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
  • C. Hampton L. Story
    Hampton L. Story was an American businessman and hotelier best known for co-founding the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
  • D. Samuel M. Ralston
    Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Samuel E. Wright
    Samuel E. Wright was an American actor and singer best known for voicing Sebastian the crab and performing the Oscar-winning song "Under the Sea" in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stevens T. Mason
Target entity description: Stevens T. Mason was the first governor of the U.S. state of Michigan, known as the "Boy Governor" for taking office at an unusually young age and leading Michigan to statehood.
  • A. Emory A. Chase
    Emory A. Chase was an American jurist who served as a judge on the New York Court of Appeals in the early 20th century.
  • B. Moses H. Sherman
    Moses H. Sherman was an American railroad executive and real estate developer who played a key role in the early urban and transportation development of Los Angeles and the American Southwest.
  • C. Hampton L. Story
    Hampton L. Story was an American businessman and hotelier best known for co-founding the iconic Victorian seaside resort Hotel del Coronado in California.
  • D. Samuel M. Ralston
    Samuel M. Ralston was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Indiana and later as a U.S. senator in the early 20th century.
  • E. Samuel E. Wright
    Samuel E. Wright was an American actor and singer best known for voicing Sebastian the crab and performing the Oscar-winning song "Under the Sea" in Disney’s The Little Mermaid.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Stevens T. Mason
Triple: [Michigan Territory, hasGovernor, Stevens T. Mason]
Generated description
Stevens T. Mason was the first governor of the U.S. state of Michigan, known as the "Boy Governor" for taking office at an unusually young age and leading Michigan to statehood.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd43ee52048190b81a4f066534ffb3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd6467a1fc819089485b4d76e0edc4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7e4e76cf881909e45c3652a372a70 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7e6cd820881909ef8fd3bc28d2716 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7e6671e2c8190aed42aa673540efa nedg completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.