Triple

T5379914
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Sloane Coffin E113054 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Henry Sloane Coffin
Henry Sloane Coffin was an influential American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City in the early 20th century.
E515372 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: Henry Sloane Coffin | Statement: [William Sloane Coffin, relative, Henry Sloane Coffin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sloane Coffin
Context triple: [William Sloane Coffin, relative, Henry Sloane Coffin]
  • A. Henry D. Gilpin
    Henry D. Gilpin was a 19th-century American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
  • B. William Conant Church
    William Conant Church was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and co-founder of the National Rifle Association.
  • C. Archibald Alexander Hodge
    Archibald Alexander Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, known for his influential work in Reformed theology and defense of orthodox Calvinism.
  • D. Phillips Brooks
    Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
  • E. William Ellery Channing
    William Ellery Channing was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian theologian and preacher known for his influential sermons on liberal Christianity, social reform, and abolitionism.
  • 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: Henry Sloane Coffin
Triple: [William Sloane Coffin, relative, Henry Sloane Coffin]
Generated description
Henry Sloane Coffin was an influential American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry Sloane Coffin
Target entity description: Henry Sloane Coffin was an influential American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City in the early 20th century.
  • A. Henry D. Gilpin
    Henry D. Gilpin was a 19th-century American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren.
  • B. William Conant Church
    William Conant Church was a 19th-century American journalist, editor, and co-founder of the National Rifle Association.
  • C. Archibald Alexander Hodge
    Archibald Alexander Hodge was a prominent 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian and professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, known for his influential work in Reformed theology and defense of orthodox Calvinism.
  • D. Phillips Brooks
    Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
  • E. William Ellery Channing
    William Ellery Channing was a prominent early 19th-century American Unitarian theologian and preacher known for his influential sermons on liberal Christianity, social reform, and abolitionism.
  • 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd86ce56c88190a66b3852416edccb completed March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf2949cd9881908ca0d8fdf1642f71 completed March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf2a46c4808190bd706cbb76bbfbc2 completed March 21, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf2ab19a50819098ef5a611daa8cd6 completed March 21, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.