Triple

T6572665
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Albany Academy E155478 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object John Boyd Thacher
John Boyd Thacher was an American politician, historian, and author who served as mayor of Albany, New York, and was known for his works on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
E658936 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: John Boyd Thacher | Statement: [Albany Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, John Boyd Thacher]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Boyd Thacher
Context triple: [Albany Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, John Boyd Thacher]
  • A. Frederick P. Cabot
    Frederick P. Cabot was an American jurist and educator known for his influential work in reforming the Boston juvenile court system.
  • B. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • C. Lewis Cass Ledyard
    Lewis Cass Ledyard was a prominent American corporate lawyer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for representing major industrial and financial interests.
  • D. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • E. Thomas A. Bartlett
    Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
  • 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: John Boyd Thacher
Triple: [Albany Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, John Boyd Thacher]
Generated description
John Boyd Thacher was an American politician, historian, and author who served as mayor of Albany, New York, and was known for his works on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Boyd Thacher
Target entity description: John Boyd Thacher was an American politician, historian, and author who served as mayor of Albany, New York, and was known for his works on Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America.
  • A. Frederick P. Cabot
    Frederick P. Cabot was an American jurist and educator known for his influential work in reforming the Boston juvenile court system.
  • B. George C. Perkins
    George C. Perkins was an American politician and businessman who served as the 14th governor of California and later as a U.S. Senator.
  • C. Lewis Cass Ledyard
    Lewis Cass Ledyard was a prominent American corporate lawyer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for representing major industrial and financial interests.
  • D. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • E. Thomas A. Bartlett
    Thomas A. Bartlett is an American academic leader and former university president known for his influential roles in higher education administration and policy.
  • 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_69c688151254819080387f87deab8fa7 completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6ae6faa3c81908f1777d616cece46 completed March 27, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7fa57aa9c819081d4ec62bf18d971 completed March 28, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7fbafa2a08190bcfc407d1a6c0d2b completed March 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7fc14691481909d8d029c5c42cd14 completed March 28, 2026, 4:04 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:53 p.m.