Triple
T706096
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Appalachian Trail |
E14101
|
entity |
| Predicate | creator |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benton MacKaye
Benton MacKaye was an American forester, conservationist, and regional planner best known for conceiving the idea of the Appalachian Trail as both a long-distance footpath and a tool for social and environmental reform.
|
E90836
|
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: Benton MacKaye | Statement: [Appalachian Trail, creator, Benton MacKaye]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benton MacKaye Context triple: [Appalachian Trail, creator, Benton MacKaye]
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A.
Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician who pioneered the conservation movement and became the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
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B.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
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C.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
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D.
John Muir
John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.
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E.
Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Jackson Downing was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape designer and writer who helped shape the principles of landscape architecture and suburban garden design in the United States.
- 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: Benton MacKaye Triple: [Appalachian Trail, creator, Benton MacKaye]
Generated description
Benton MacKaye was an American forester, conservationist, and regional planner best known for conceiving the idea of the Appalachian Trail as both a long-distance footpath and a tool for social and environmental reform.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benton MacKaye Target entity description: Benton MacKaye was an American forester, conservationist, and regional planner best known for conceiving the idea of the Appalachian Trail as both a long-distance footpath and a tool for social and environmental reform.
-
A.
Gifford Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot was an American forester and politician who pioneered the conservation movement and became the first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
-
B.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Frederick Law Olmsted was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape architect best known for designing major urban parks such as New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace.
-
C.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
-
D.
John Muir
John Muir was a pioneering Scottish-American naturalist, writer, and conservationist whose advocacy helped establish the U.S. national parks system and the modern environmental movement.
-
E.
Andrew Jackson Downing
Andrew Jackson Downing was a pioneering 19th-century American landscape designer and writer who helped shape the principles of landscape architecture and suburban garden design in the United States.
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a54607f08190b3ee4805f2ea4b2f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a6666acf1081908325ae2ba74b6bae |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a6674809a48190b30a03a6366bdebd |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:44 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a667cf4f9881908d63b5e38088c0f9 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.