Triple

T6598738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject How the West Was Won E148541 entity
Predicate followsGenerationsOf P71972 FINISHED
Object Prescott family
The Prescott family is a fictional multigenerational American pioneer family whose experiences embody the westward expansion depicted in the epic film "How the West Was Won."
E607214 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Prescott family | Statement: [How the West Was Won, followsGenerationsOf, Prescott family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prescott family
Context triple: [How the West Was Won, followsGenerationsOf, Prescott family]
  • A. Hunt family
    The Hunt family is a prominent American sports-owning family best known for founding the Kansas City Chiefs and playing a major role in the development of the modern NFL.
  • B. De Witt family
    The De Witt family was a prominent Dutch patrician dynasty from Dordrecht that played a leading role in the politics and governance of the Dutch Republic during the 17th century.
  • C. McCarthey family
    The McCarthey family is a philanthropic family known for their significant contributions to Gonzaga University, including funding the McCarthey Athletic Center.
  • D. Pamplin family
    The Pamplin family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its substantial contributions to education and business schools in the United States.
  • E. Chouteau family
    The Chouteau family was a prominent French colonial and fur-trading dynasty in early St. Louis and the broader Mississippi Valley region.
  • 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: Prescott family
Triple: [How the West Was Won, followsGenerationsOf, Prescott family]
Generated description
The Prescott family is a fictional multigenerational American pioneer family whose experiences embody the westward expansion depicted in the epic film "How the West Was Won."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Prescott family
Target entity description: The Prescott family is a fictional multigenerational American pioneer family whose experiences embody the westward expansion depicted in the epic film "How the West Was Won."
  • A. Hunt family
    The Hunt family is a prominent American sports-owning family best known for founding the Kansas City Chiefs and playing a major role in the development of the modern NFL.
  • B. De Witt family
    The De Witt family was a prominent Dutch patrician dynasty from Dordrecht that played a leading role in the politics and governance of the Dutch Republic during the 17th century.
  • C. McCarthey family
    The McCarthey family is a philanthropic family known for their significant contributions to Gonzaga University, including funding the McCarthey Athletic Center.
  • D. Pamplin family
    The Pamplin family is a prominent philanthropic family known for its substantial contributions to education and business schools in the United States.
  • E. Chouteau family
    The Chouteau family was a prominent French colonial and fur-trading dynasty in early St. Louis and the broader Mississippi Valley region.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: followsGenerationsOf
Context triple: [How the West Was Won, followsGenerationsOf, Prescott family]
  • A. hasGenerations
    Indicates a relationship where an entity is associated with one or more successive generational levels or cohorts derived from it.
  • B. followsFrom
    Indicates that one fact, event, or state logically or causally results from, is implied by, or comes as a consequence of another.
  • C. followsBy
    Indicates that one event, state, or entity occurs or comes immediately after another in a sequence or order.
  • D. followsBetween
    Indicates that one entity comes after or succeeds another entity within a specified context or sequence.
  • E. follows
    Indicates that one entity comes after, moves behind, or acts in accordance with another entity in time, space, or sequence.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69c6cc9c6cb0819084fec8e0beb430de completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6e43224dc81909dea493a5ee2726e completed March 27, 2026, 8:10 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6e4e9c344819099ad11c21c2e4a6e completed March 27, 2026, 8:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6e581a4f88190b1f64033a49d1bae completed March 27, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6acfd17388190bd0bb8b2371e7df1 completed March 27, 2026, 4:14 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69c6cc988c0081909d22b86ca299331c completed March 27, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:56 p.m.