Triple

T5694277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bill the Butcher E125497 entity
Predicate createdBy P806 FINISHED
Object Herbert Asbury
Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his vivid, semi-documentary books on the history of crime and vice in American cities, including "The Gangs of New York."
E592817 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: Herbert Asbury | Statement: [Bill the Butcher, createdBy, Herbert Asbury]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Asbury
Context triple: [Bill the Butcher, createdBy, Herbert Asbury]
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. George Hively
    George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
  • D. Charles H. Purcell
    Charles H. Purcell was an American civil engineer best known for his leadership in designing and overseeing major infrastructure projects in California during the early 20th century.
  • E. Cecil E. Roberts
    Cecil E. Roberts is an American labor leader and long-serving president of the United Mine Workers of America, known for his advocacy on behalf of coal miners’ rights and safety.
  • 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: Herbert Asbury
Triple: [Bill the Butcher, createdBy, Herbert Asbury]
Generated description
Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his vivid, semi-documentary books on the history of crime and vice in American cities, including "The Gangs of New York."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Asbury
Target entity description: Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his vivid, semi-documentary books on the history of crime and vice in American cities, including "The Gangs of New York."
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • C. George Hively
    George Hively was an American film editor and screenwriter active during the early 20th century, known for his work in Hollywood studio productions.
  • D. Charles H. Purcell
    Charles H. Purcell was an American civil engineer best known for his leadership in designing and overseeing major infrastructure projects in California during the early 20th century.
  • E. Cecil E. Roberts
    Cecil E. Roberts is an American labor leader and long-serving president of the United Mine Workers of America, known for his advocacy on behalf of coal miners’ rights and safety.
  • 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_69c0082bb19c8190823a4facd3cba79b completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c023e7dbe48190850b501f223614e3 completed March 22, 2026, 5:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c64096580481909a253f26b9535d9f completed March 27, 2026, 8:32 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c641e5436881908bdc5fc92c6718cc completed March 27, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c64244ada0819081c799d80e2f8619 completed March 27, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:45 p.m.