Triple
T4875936
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Van Alen |
E109203
|
entity |
| Predicate | coFounded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
architectural firm Severance & Van Alen
Severance & Van Alen was an early 20th-century New York architectural firm best known as the partnership that included William Van Alen, later famed for designing the Chrysler Building.
|
E476390
|
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: architectural firm Severance & Van Alen | Statement: [William Van Alen, coFounded, architectural firm Severance & Van Alen]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: architectural firm Severance & Van Alen Context triple: [William Van Alen, coFounded, architectural firm Severance & Van Alen]
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A.
architectural firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing the Empire State Building in New York City.
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B.
Philip Johnson and Associates
Philip Johnson and Associates was an architectural firm led by influential modernist architect Philip Johnson, known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
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C.
Edward Durell Stone & Associates
Edward Durell Stone & Associates was the architectural firm founded by prominent American modernist architect Edward Durell Stone, known for designing notable mid-20th-century buildings in the United States and abroad.
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D.
Fabre-Speller Architects
Fabre-Speller Architects is an architectural firm known for designing the Mariinsky Concert Hall in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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E.
Scharfstein Architects
Scharfstein Architects is an architectural firm known for its role in designing the Red Bull Arena soccer stadium in Harrison, New Jersey.
- 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: architectural firm Severance & Van Alen Triple: [William Van Alen, coFounded, architectural firm Severance & Van Alen]
Generated description
Severance & Van Alen was an early 20th-century New York architectural firm best known as the partnership that included William Van Alen, later famed for designing the Chrysler Building.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: architectural firm Severance & Van Alen Target entity description: Severance & Van Alen was an early 20th-century New York architectural firm best known as the partnership that included William Van Alen, later famed for designing the Chrysler Building.
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A.
architectural firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing the Empire State Building in New York City.
-
B.
Philip Johnson and Associates
Philip Johnson and Associates was an architectural firm led by influential modernist architect Philip Johnson, known for designing prominent cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.
-
C.
Edward Durell Stone & Associates
Edward Durell Stone & Associates was the architectural firm founded by prominent American modernist architect Edward Durell Stone, known for designing notable mid-20th-century buildings in the United States and abroad.
-
D.
Fabre-Speller Architects
Fabre-Speller Architects is an architectural firm known for designing the Mariinsky Concert Hall in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
-
E.
Scharfstein Architects
Scharfstein Architects is an architectural firm known for its role in designing the Red Bull Arena soccer stadium in Harrison, New Jersey.
- 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_69bd440e9d64819083e82cf33b4d9570 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6dba3efc8190adcf8b30490b4984 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be67f90e848190a36eee1e670657e4 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be6892c02481908dc64c7e84aac3b2 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be695116788190903fbd5e375bd31d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:27 p.m.