Triple

T7506039
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Maria Helen Van Schaack E177390 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Van Schaack
Van Schaack is a Dutch-origin surname historically associated with several notable American families and individuals.
E668848 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: Van Schaack | Statement: [Maria Helen Van Schaack, familyName, Van Schaack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Schaack
Context triple: [Maria Helen Van Schaack, familyName, Van Schaack]
  • A. Andrew Newman Schiff
    Andrew Newman Schiff is an American investment professional known for his marriage to environmental advocate and author Karenna Gore, the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
  • B. Richard Woolsey
    Richard Woolsey is a bureaucratic diplomat-turned-leader in the Stargate franchise, best known for overseeing the Atlantis expedition in the sci-fi TV series Stargate Atlantis.
  • C. Peter Scheuer
    Peter Scheuer is a radio astronomer known for his contributions to the development of aperture synthesis and the study of extragalactic radio sources.
  • D. Lewis Powell
    Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
  • E. James H. Scheuer
    James H. Scheuer was an American Democratic politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives for multiple terms in the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • 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: Van Schaack
Triple: [Maria Helen Van Schaack, familyName, Van Schaack]
Generated description
Van Schaack is a Dutch-origin surname historically associated with several notable American families and individuals.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Schaack
Target entity description: Van Schaack is a Dutch-origin surname historically associated with several notable American families and individuals.
  • A. Andrew Newman Schiff
    Andrew Newman Schiff is an American investment professional known for his marriage to environmental advocate and author Karenna Gore, the daughter of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
  • B. Richard Woolsey
    Richard Woolsey is a bureaucratic diplomat-turned-leader in the Stargate franchise, best known for overseeing the Atlantis expedition in the sci-fi TV series Stargate Atlantis.
  • C. Peter Scheuer
    Peter Scheuer is a radio astronomer known for his contributions to the development of aperture synthesis and the study of extragalactic radio sources.
  • D. Lewis Powell
    Lewis Powell was a Confederate sympathizer and member of John Wilkes Booth’s plot who attempted to assassinate Secretary of State William H. Seward on the night Abraham Lincoln was killed.
  • E. James H. Scheuer
    James H. Scheuer was an American Democratic politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives for multiple terms in the mid-to-late 20th century.
  • 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_69c69f276b108190af2cc790b6554544 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f5b5fcd88190ab4ab0ba96a6aa4b completed March 27, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83ca243288190bb253f4d91701407 completed March 28, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83d5884a88190a22c0fb54f9731c7 completed March 28, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c84071abb88190a2dadd57ff088f3d completed March 28, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:45 p.m.