Triple

T5096935
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Backhouse Astor Sr. E114888 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object John Jacob Astor III
John Jacob Astor III was a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
E496937 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 Jacob Astor III | Statement: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., child, John Jacob Astor III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jacob Astor III
Context triple: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., child, John Jacob Astor III]
  • A. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • B. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • C. William Backhouse Astor Jr.
    William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
  • D. John J. Astor
    John J. Astor was a prominent American businessman and political figure from the wealthy Astor family, known for his influence in New York’s commercial and civic life.
  • E. John Rudolph Astor
    John Rudolph Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, known as a British aristocrat and businessman connected to the influential Anglo-American Astor dynasty.
  • 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 Jacob Astor III
Triple: [William Backhouse Astor Sr., child, John Jacob Astor III]
Generated description
John Jacob Astor III was a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Jacob Astor III
Target entity description: John Jacob Astor III was a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
  • A. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • B. John Jacob Astor VI
    John Jacob Astor VI was an American socialite and member of the prominent Astor family, famously born after his father died in the sinking of the Titanic.
  • C. William Backhouse Astor Jr.
    William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
  • D. John J. Astor
    John J. Astor was a prominent American businessman and political figure from the wealthy Astor family, known for his influence in New York’s commercial and civic life.
  • E. John Rudolph Astor
    John Rudolph Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family, known as a British aristocrat and businessman connected to the influential Anglo-American Astor dynasty.
  • 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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75669afc81908a8db897fe56eccd completed March 20, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69becfc467008190ae704139f21edae2 completed March 21, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed02a4a40819084f541cd4631b3a5 completed March 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bed07e59948190830c6444e1f3560e completed March 21, 2026, 5:08 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.