Triple
T7456578
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eleanor Ball Laurens |
E172138
|
entity |
| Predicate | partOf |
P40
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Ball family of South Carolina
The Ball family of South Carolina was a prominent colonial-era planter and slaveholding dynasty whose wealth and influence were built on extensive rice plantations along the state's coastal region.
|
E665786
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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: Ball family of South Carolina | Statement: [Eleanor Ball Laurens, partOf, Ball family of South Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ball family of South Carolina Context triple: [Eleanor Ball Laurens, partOf, Ball family of South Carolina]
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A.
Middleton family of South Carolina
The Middleton family of South Carolina is a prominent colonial-era American dynasty known for its influential planters and politicians, including multiple signers of the Declaration of Independence and major figures in early U.S. history.
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B.
Barnwell family of South Carolina
The Barnwell family of South Carolina is a prominent colonial and early American lineage known for its influential military, political, and planter leaders in the state’s history.
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C.
Sumter family
The Sumter family is a prominent South Carolina lineage known for its influential political, military, and social roles in early American history.
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D.
Colleton family
The Colleton family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Province of South Carolina, influential in the early political and economic development of the region.
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E.
Bulloch family
The Bulloch family is a prominent Southern American family best known for producing Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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: Ball family of South Carolina Triple: [Eleanor Ball Laurens, partOf, Ball family of South Carolina]
Generated description
The Ball family of South Carolina was a prominent colonial-era planter and slaveholding dynasty whose wealth and influence were built on extensive rice plantations along the state's coastal region.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ball family of South Carolina Target entity description: The Ball family of South Carolina was a prominent colonial-era planter and slaveholding dynasty whose wealth and influence were built on extensive rice plantations along the state's coastal region.
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A.
Middleton family of South Carolina
The Middleton family of South Carolina is a prominent colonial-era American dynasty known for its influential planters and politicians, including multiple signers of the Declaration of Independence and major figures in early U.S. history.
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B.
Barnwell family of South Carolina
The Barnwell family of South Carolina is a prominent colonial and early American lineage known for its influential military, political, and planter leaders in the state’s history.
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C.
Sumter family
The Sumter family is a prominent South Carolina lineage known for its influential political, military, and social roles in early American history.
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D.
Colleton family
The Colleton family was a prominent colonial-era family in the Province of South Carolina, influential in the early political and economic development of the region.
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E.
Bulloch family
The Bulloch family is a prominent Southern American family best known for producing Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 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_69c68a66554c8190add75c65942c0317 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f3b0780881909e645160dd49eb57 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:16 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c827c39a848190bc275468362ce3bc |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c828e1487081908de825d60ea38c9e |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c829d8a15c8190911e0d7bda39c280 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.