Triple
T6959145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sierra Railway of California |
E161322
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William H. Crocker
William H. Crocker was an American banker and railroad executive from a prominent California family who played a key role in the development of transportation and infrastructure in the state.
|
E633943
|
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: William H. Crocker | Statement: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, William H. Crocker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Crocker Context triple: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, William H. Crocker]
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A.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
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B.
Reuben H. Fleet
Reuben H. Fleet was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the aircraft manufacturing company that later became Convair.
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C.
Charles F. Wurster
Charles F. Wurster is an American environmental scientist and activist best known as a co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund and an early leader in efforts to regulate DDT and other harmful pollutants.
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D.
Howard T. Markey
Howard T. Markey was a prominent American jurist best known as the first chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a leading figure in modern patent law.
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E.
Frederick H. Hauck
Frederick H. Hauck is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s.
- 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: William H. Crocker Triple: [Sierra Railway of California, founder, William H. Crocker]
Generated description
William H. Crocker was an American banker and railroad executive from a prominent California family who played a key role in the development of transportation and infrastructure in the state.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Crocker Target entity description: William H. Crocker was an American banker and railroad executive from a prominent California family who played a key role in the development of transportation and infrastructure in the state.
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A.
Edwin B. Crocker
Edwin B. Crocker was a 19th-century California judge, lawyer, and art collector whose personal collection and patronage led to the creation of the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento.
-
B.
Reuben H. Fleet
Reuben H. Fleet was an American aviation pioneer and industrialist who founded the aircraft manufacturing company that later became Convair.
-
C.
Charles F. Wurster
Charles F. Wurster is an American environmental scientist and activist best known as a co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund and an early leader in efforts to regulate DDT and other harmful pollutants.
-
D.
Howard T. Markey
Howard T. Markey was a prominent American jurist best known as the first chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and a leading figure in modern patent law.
-
E.
Frederick H. Hauck
Frederick H. Hauck is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s.
- 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6daedbb4c8190b46846fb1265b937 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7618df8648190bec6c0aaca312efd |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c763e95d8081908885dec9a5ca90c7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7643fdea0819093205e5d8bf9a818 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.