Triple

T5174771
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grays Harbor E116769 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Robert Gray
Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain and explorer best known for being the first recorded European to enter the Columbia River, leading to several Pacific Northwest places bearing his name.
E499134 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: Robert Gray | Statement: [Grays Harbor, namedAfter, Robert Gray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gray
Context triple: [Grays Harbor, namedAfter, Robert Gray]
  • A. Robert Gray
    Robert Gray was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Cape Town and a leading figure in establishing the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
  • B. George Vancouver
    George Vancouver was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his detailed surveys of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
  • C. John Ross (explorer)
    John Ross was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for his early 19th-century expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • D. Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-Canadian explorer famed for leading overland expeditions across North America, including the first recorded transcontinental journey to the Pacific north of Mexico.
  • E. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a Hall of Fame American basketball guard famed for his explosive leaping ability and scoring prowess in the 1970s, particularly with the Denver Nuggets.
  • 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: Robert Gray
Triple: [Grays Harbor, namedAfter, Robert Gray]
Generated description
Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain and explorer best known for being the first recorded European to enter the Columbia River, leading to several Pacific Northwest places bearing his name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Gray
Target entity description: Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain and explorer best known for being the first recorded European to enter the Columbia River, leading to several Pacific Northwest places bearing his name.
  • A. Robert Gray
    Robert Gray was a 19th-century Anglican bishop who became the first Bishop of Cape Town and a leading figure in establishing the Anglican Church in southern Africa.
  • B. George Vancouver
    George Vancouver was an 18th-century British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for his detailed surveys of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America.
  • C. John Ross (explorer)
    John Ross was a Scottish naval officer and Arctic explorer best known for his early 19th-century expeditions in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • D. Alexander Mackenzie
    Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-Canadian explorer famed for leading overland expeditions across North America, including the first recorded transcontinental journey to the Pacific north of Mexico.
  • E. David Thompson
    David Thompson is a Hall of Fame American basketball guard famed for his explosive leaping ability and scoring prowess in the 1970s, particularly with the Denver Nuggets.
  • 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_69bd445ff97c81909a2615cc56235470 completed March 20, 2026, 12:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd7971284481909e6d07b2368a4f76 completed March 20, 2026, 4:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bed94a6ed08190b035afa20123c737 completed March 21, 2026, 5:45 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bed9d6e1288190be0d8d83233eb3c2 completed March 21, 2026, 5:48 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69beda5f15e8819094040085d566e5a6 completed March 21, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:45 p.m.