Triple

T7412831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Weed, California E171052 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Abner Weed
Abner Weed was an American lumberman and politician whose influence in the timber industry and regional development led to the California city of Weed being named in his honor.
 E662089 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: Abner Weed | Statement: [Weed, California, namedAfter, Abner Weed]

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: Abner Weed
Context triple: [Weed, California, namedAfter, Abner Weed]
  • A. Emerson Tenney
    Emerson Tenney is the daughter of actress Teri Hatcher, known for largely staying out of the public spotlight despite her mother's fame.
  • B. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • C. Peleg Wadsworth
    Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • D. Eleazar W. Ripley
    Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
  • E. Erastus Root
    Erastus Root was an early 19th-century American politician from New York who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his influential role in state and national Democratic-Republican politics.
  • 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: Abner Weed
Target entity description: Abner Weed was an American lumberman and politician whose influence in the timber industry and regional development led to the California city of Weed being named in his honor.
  • A. Emerson Tenney
    Emerson Tenney is the daughter of actress Teri Hatcher, known for largely staying out of the public spotlight despite her mother's fame.
  • B. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • C. Peleg Wadsworth
    Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • D. Eleazar W. Ripley
    Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
  • E. Erastus Root
    Erastus Root was an early 19th-century American politician from New York who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was known for his influential role in state and national Democratic-Republican politics.
  • 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: Abner Weed
Triple: [Weed, California, namedAfter, Abner Weed]
Generated description
Abner Weed was an American lumberman and politician whose influence in the timber industry and regional development led to the California city of Weed being named in his honor.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68a618bdc81908d8018edadecd1a4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f2c336308190932c14cec5eec25f ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8112960d48190a9947146e62daa13 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c812c1e9d08190b0e7f052d87011b9 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c811f1fe3c8190a591186b19044b5f nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:11 p.m.