Triple
T7528707
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mount Royal Cemetery |
E177960
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableBurial |
P196
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Cornelius Van Horne
William Cornelius Van Horne was a prominent 19th-century railway executive best known for overseeing the construction and expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was crucial to Canada's transcontinental development.
|
E669767
|
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: William Cornelius Van Horne | Statement: [Mount Royal Cemetery, notableBurial, William Cornelius Van Horne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cornelius Van Horne Context triple: [Mount Royal Cemetery, notableBurial, William Cornelius Van Horne]
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A.
Robert Dunsmuir
Robert Dunsmuir was a 19th-century Scottish-Canadian coal baron and politician who became one of British Columbia’s wealthiest industrialists.
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B.
James J. Hill
James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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C.
George Crocker
George Crocker was an American financier and railroad executive, known as the son and heir of railroad magnate Charles Crocker and for his significant philanthropic activities.
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D.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his "Dorsai" (Childe Cycle) series and influential works exploring military strategy, psychology, and human evolution.
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E.
Charles W. Durant
Charles W. Durant was a 19th-century American financier and railroad executive, known for his involvement in major railway enterprises and as a member of the prominent Durant family.
- 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: William Cornelius Van Horne Triple: [Mount Royal Cemetery, notableBurial, William Cornelius Van Horne]
Generated description
William Cornelius Van Horne was a prominent 19th-century railway executive best known for overseeing the construction and expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was crucial to Canada's transcontinental development.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cornelius Van Horne Target entity description: William Cornelius Van Horne was a prominent 19th-century railway executive best known for overseeing the construction and expansion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which was crucial to Canada's transcontinental development.
-
A.
Robert Dunsmuir
Robert Dunsmuir was a 19th-century Scottish-Canadian coal baron and politician who became one of British Columbia’s wealthiest industrialists.
-
B.
James J. Hill
James J. Hill was a prominent American railroad magnate best known for building and expanding the Great Northern Railway during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
C.
George Crocker
George Crocker was an American financier and railroad executive, known as the son and heir of railroad magnate Charles Crocker and for his significant philanthropic activities.
-
D.
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson was a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author best known for his "Dorsai" (Childe Cycle) series and influential works exploring military strategy, psychology, and human evolution.
-
E.
Charles W. Durant
Charles W. Durant was a 19th-century American financier and railroad executive, known for his involvement in major railway enterprises and as a member of the prominent Durant family.
- 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_69c69f29bf3081909a146aec7755f185 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f81e19208190965f211d057f7fdf |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c84639c19881909e1736afc01a020d |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c846d0b1348190bc2bf23e75c535a9 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c84748b8988190b4f85c253ea9e403 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 9:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:47 p.m.