Triple

T4771592
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Schenectady Locomotive Works E105938 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object John Ellis
John Ellis was an American industrialist best known for establishing the Schenectady Locomotive Works, a major 19th-century manufacturer of steam locomotives.
 E466004 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 Ellis | Statement: [Schenectady Locomotive Works, founder, John Ellis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ellis
Context triple: [Schenectady Locomotive Works, founder, John Ellis]
  • A. Joe Ellis
    Joe Ellis is an American sports executive best known as the longtime president and CEO of the Denver Broncos in the National Football League.
  • B. Jonathan Roberts
    Jonathan Roberts is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney’s animated classic "The Lion King."
  • C. John Dandridge
    John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
  • D. Timothy Williamson
    Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
  • E. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • 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 Ellis
Triple: [Schenectady Locomotive Works, founder, John Ellis]
Generated description
John Ellis was an American industrialist best known for establishing the Schenectady Locomotive Works, a major 19th-century manufacturer of steam locomotives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ellis
Target entity description: John Ellis was an American industrialist best known for establishing the Schenectady Locomotive Works, a major 19th-century manufacturer of steam locomotives.
  • A. Joe Ellis
    Joe Ellis is an American sports executive best known as the longtime president and CEO of the Denver Broncos in the National Football League.
  • B. Jonathan Roberts
    Jonathan Roberts is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing Disney’s animated classic "The Lion King."
  • C. John Dandridge
    John Dandridge was a Virginia planter and colonial official best known as the father of Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States.
  • D. Timothy Williamson
    Timothy Williamson is a prominent contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language.
  • E. John Eisendrath
    John Eisendrath is a television writer and producer best known for his work on series such as "The Blacklist" and "Alias."
  • 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_69bd43f226fc8190b867cc249c2a9042 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd655e5dcc8190a932be9b1baaffb2 completed March 20, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be3a94e340819080fe92a2024abdaf completed March 21, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be3b7d0e3c8190a4c4fabee0299908 completed March 21, 2026, 6:32 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be3c059b1c819084fa4c30e576fd2e completed March 21, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:21 p.m.