Triple

T6630078
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt E149900 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object William Henry Vanderbilt II
William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
 E606664 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Henry Vanderbilt II | Statement: [Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt, child, William Henry Vanderbilt II]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Henry Vanderbilt II
Context triple: [Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt, child, William Henry Vanderbilt II]
  • A. William Henry Vanderbilt III
    William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
  • B. William Kissam Vanderbilt II
    William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
  • C. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • D. William Kissam Vanderbilt
    William Kissam Vanderbilt was a prominent American railroad heir and businessman of the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age.
  • E. Cornelius Vanderbilt II
    Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Henry Vanderbilt II
Target entity description: William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
  • A. William Henry Vanderbilt III
    William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
  • B. William Kissam Vanderbilt II
    William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
  • C. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • D. William Kissam Vanderbilt
    William Kissam Vanderbilt was a prominent American railroad heir and businessman of the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age.
  • E. Cornelius Vanderbilt II
    Cornelius Vanderbilt II was a prominent American businessman and socialite of the Gilded Age who served as chairman of the New York Central Railroad and was a leading figure in the wealthy Vanderbilt dynasty.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Henry Vanderbilt II
Triple: [Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt, child, William Henry Vanderbilt II]
Generated description
William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c687ee50048190aa151765bef16193 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6afa5c9b48190b645be96d446d0ca ner completed
NED1 batch_69c6e44f5f9c819088cfb4fd87887766 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c6e5eacefc819092d0e9f79d90c4a6 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c6e55028ac8190b2bde6637981195c nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:59 p.m.