Triple

T7390174
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Arcades Project E170477 entity
Predicate translatorToEnglish P5475 FINISHED
Object Howard Eiland
Howard Eiland is an American scholar and translator best known for his influential English translations and editorial work on the writings of German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
E662504 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: Howard Eiland | Statement: [The Arcades Project, translatorToEnglish, Howard Eiland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Eiland
Context triple: [The Arcades Project, translatorToEnglish, Howard Eiland]
  • A. Wilhelm S. Kurtz
    Wilhelm S. Kurtz is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kurtz, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. Hal Smith
    Hal Smith was an American character actor and voice actor best known for his work in classic cartoons and for playing Otis Campbell on "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • C. William H. F. Fiedler
    William H. F. Fiedler is a notable resident associated with Roxbury, Connecticut, recognized for his significance to the local community.
  • D. William Speer
    William Speer is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to derive from sharing the surname Speer, rather than from widely recognized historical or cultural achievements.
  • E. James Harrod
    James Harrod was an American pioneer and early settler credited with founding Harrodsburg, the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky.
  • 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: Howard Eiland
Triple: [The Arcades Project, translatorToEnglish, Howard Eiland]
Generated description
Howard Eiland is an American scholar and translator best known for his influential English translations and editorial work on the writings of German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Eiland
Target entity description: Howard Eiland is an American scholar and translator best known for his influential English translations and editorial work on the writings of German philosopher and cultural critic Walter Benjamin.
  • A. Wilhelm S. Kurtz
    Wilhelm S. Kurtz is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kurtz, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
  • B. Hal Smith
    Hal Smith was an American character actor and voice actor best known for his work in classic cartoons and for playing Otis Campbell on "The Andy Griffith Show."
  • C. William H. F. Fiedler
    William H. F. Fiedler is a notable resident associated with Roxbury, Connecticut, recognized for his significance to the local community.
  • D. William Speer
    William Speer is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to derive from sharing the surname Speer, rather than from widely recognized historical or cultural achievements.
  • E. James Harrod
    James Harrod was an American pioneer and early settler credited with founding Harrodsburg, the first permanent English settlement in Kentucky.
  • 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a completed March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f2216a5c8190a933b24fda4530d8 completed March 27, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c810ed3a00819088c6eee3d8b8a7e9 completed March 28, 2026, 5:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c814f36aac8190b2a7501e6398fe93 completed March 28, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c815a93870819099696c249aedbeec completed March 28, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.