Triple

T5133776
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old State, War, and Navy Building E115766 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object William J. Fry
William J. Fry was an architect known for his work on prominent U.S. government buildings in Washington, D.C., including contributions to the Old State, War, and Navy Building.
E577229 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: William J. Fry | Statement: [Old State, War, and Navy Building, architect, William J. Fry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Fry
Context triple: [Old State, War, and Navy Building, architect, William J. Fry]
  • A. George W. Frye
    George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
  • B. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • C. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Edmund J. James
    Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
  • E. James D. Henry
    James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
  • 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: William J. Fry
Triple: [Old State, War, and Navy Building, architect, William J. Fry]
Generated description
William J. Fry was an architect known for his work on prominent U.S. government buildings in Washington, D.C., including contributions to the Old State, War, and Navy Building.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Fry
Target entity description: William J. Fry was an architect known for his work on prominent U.S. government buildings in Washington, D.C., including contributions to the Old State, War, and Navy Building.
  • A. George W. Frye
    George W. Frye is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Frye.
  • B. John H. Ferguson
    John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
  • C. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • D. Edmund J. James
    Edmund J. James was an American economist and educator best known as a pioneering university president and influential leader in the development of higher education and economic thought in the United States.
  • E. James D. Henry
    James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
  • 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_69bd444426bc819099ccd23f141e22aa completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd784ca5ac81909f1ec7544f5bbd26 completed March 20, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20ce295f081909046cbc278ee6183 completed March 24, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c2126be31081908265f2c6cfe268dc completed March 24, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c213074e7881908281063e5e250906 completed March 24, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:43 p.m.