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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.