Triple
T7431623
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lick Observatory |
E171502
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Lick
James Lick was a 19th-century American real estate investor and philanthropist best known for funding the construction of the Lick Observatory in California.
|
E664258
|
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: James Lick | Statement: [Lick Observatory, namedAfter, James Lick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lick Context triple: [Lick Observatory, namedAfter, James Lick]
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A.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer was a 19th-century American civil engineer, railroad builder, and philanthropist who played a key role in developing the American West.
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B.
James Lick Robnett
James Lick Robnett is an individual whose personal name is associated with the surname Robnett.
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C.
G. Allan Hancock
G. Allan Hancock was an American oil magnate, philanthropist, and real estate developer known for his influential role in shaping parts of Los Angeles, including the creation of Hancock Park.
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D.
Hiram Sibley
Hiram Sibley was a 19th-century American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for organizing and leading Western Union into the dominant telegraph company in the United States.
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E.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
- 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: James Lick Triple: [Lick Observatory, namedAfter, James Lick]
Generated description
James Lick was a 19th-century American real estate investor and philanthropist best known for funding the construction of the Lick Observatory in California.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lick Target entity description: James Lick was a 19th-century American real estate investor and philanthropist best known for funding the construction of the Lick Observatory in California.
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A.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer was a 19th-century American civil engineer, railroad builder, and philanthropist who played a key role in developing the American West.
-
B.
James Lick Robnett
James Lick Robnett is an individual whose personal name is associated with the surname Robnett.
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C.
G. Allan Hancock
G. Allan Hancock was an American oil magnate, philanthropist, and real estate developer known for his influential role in shaping parts of Los Angeles, including the creation of Hancock Park.
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D.
Hiram Sibley
Hiram Sibley was a 19th-century American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for organizing and leading Western Union into the dominant telegraph company in the United States.
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E.
William Janney
William Janney was an American film actor active in the late 1920s and 1930s, known for his roles in early sound-era dramas and adventure films.
- 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_69c68a63491881909281f73d4d5643bf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f324afac8190b34fcac95fd57410 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c81f187f5081909d171835278c035c |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8230a58008190ad10d012f4070435 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c823ec05288190aa3c0b812ce1662f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:12 p.m.