Triple

T5516112
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject American Ornithologists' Union E144687 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Brewster
William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
 E529578 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 Brewster | Statement: [American Ornithologists' Union, foundedBy, William Brewster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Brewster
Context triple: [American Ornithologists' Union, foundedBy, William Brewster]
  • A. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • B. Thomas Hooker
    Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
  • C. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • D. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather is the husband of Katherine Hoult.
  • E. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • 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 Brewster
Triple: [American Ornithologists' Union, foundedBy, William Brewster]
Generated description
William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Brewster
Target entity description: William Brewster was a prominent American ornithologist and conservationist known for his influential role in the development of bird study and protection in the United States.
  • A. William Brewster
    William Brewster was a senior leader of the Pilgrim Separatists and a religious elder of Plymouth Colony who played a key role in guiding the Mayflower passengers and establishing their early governance.
  • B. Thomas Hooker
    Thomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader and theologian, best known as a founder of the Connecticut Colony and an early advocate of representative government and religious freedom in New England.
  • C. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • D. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather is the husband of Katherine Hoult.
  • E. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • 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_69c008f77ff88190b0cd50ca207295d1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01f5d1d188190b3a222a9ecf2a0e6 completed March 22, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c027dd848481908052007e89c3f634 completed March 22, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c03847b3348190be97b7c5795df368 completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c038e148a0819080a306307e60d437 completed March 22, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:33 p.m.