Triple
T6596054
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maria Gansevoort Melvill |
E148477
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Gansevoort family
The Gansevoort family is a prominent New York Dutch-American lineage known for its role in early American history and for producing notable figures such as the writer Herman Melville’s mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill.
|
E601523
|
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: Gansevoort family | Statement: [Maria Gansevoort Melvill, memberOf, Gansevoort family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gansevoort family Context triple: [Maria Gansevoort Melvill, memberOf, Gansevoort family]
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A.
Van Cortlandt family
The Van Cortlandt family was a prominent colonial-era New York landowning and political dynasty that played a major role in the early development of the Bronx and greater New York City.
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B.
Van Rensselaer family
The Van Rensselaer family was a powerful and wealthy Dutch-descended landowning dynasty in colonial and early New York, best known for controlling the vast Rensselaerswyck manor along the Hudson River.
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C.
Stuyvesant family
The Stuyvesant family is a prominent Dutch-American lineage best known for its influential role in colonial New Netherland and early New York society, including figures like Peter Stuyvesant.
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D.
Lefferts family
The Lefferts family was a prominent Dutch-American landowning and political family in Brooklyn whose legacy is reflected in several neighborhood and landmark names.
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E.
Cornelius Vanderbilt family
The Cornelius Vanderbilt family is a prominent American dynasty that amassed vast wealth during the 19th century through shipping and railroads and became known for its influential role in business, philanthropy, and Gilded Age society.
- 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: Gansevoort family Triple: [Maria Gansevoort Melvill, memberOf, Gansevoort family]
Generated description
The Gansevoort family is a prominent New York Dutch-American lineage known for its role in early American history and for producing notable figures such as the writer Herman Melville’s mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gansevoort family Target entity description: The Gansevoort family is a prominent New York Dutch-American lineage known for its role in early American history and for producing notable figures such as the writer Herman Melville’s mother, Maria Gansevoort Melvill.
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A.
Van Cortlandt family
The Van Cortlandt family was a prominent colonial-era New York landowning and political dynasty that played a major role in the early development of the Bronx and greater New York City.
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B.
Van Rensselaer family
The Van Rensselaer family was a powerful and wealthy Dutch-descended landowning dynasty in colonial and early New York, best known for controlling the vast Rensselaerswyck manor along the Hudson River.
-
C.
Stuyvesant family
The Stuyvesant family is a prominent Dutch-American lineage best known for its influential role in colonial New Netherland and early New York society, including figures like Peter Stuyvesant.
-
D.
Lefferts family
The Lefferts family was a prominent Dutch-American landowning and political family in Brooklyn whose legacy is reflected in several neighborhood and landmark names.
-
E.
Cornelius Vanderbilt family
The Cornelius Vanderbilt family is a prominent American dynasty that amassed vast wealth during the 19th century through shipping and railroads and became known for its influential role in business, philanthropy, and Gilded Age society.
- 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_69c687e7b8688190811ffee72e096468 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6aed289448190a13c77085bccb006 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 4:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cbbfb1fc8190b450c8c3536c50dd |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6cd88f66c81909b364a816aeee8bf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:33 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6ce3a53cc8190a40d696a22ec65f4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:56 p.m.