Triple

T7617716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Lewis Herndon E172402 entity
Predicate commanded P2333 FINISHED
Object SS Central America
SS Central America was a 19th-century American steamship famed for its 1857 sinking while carrying a massive cargo of California Gold Rush treasure, an event that contributed to a major financial panic.
E677221 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: SS Central America | Statement: [William Lewis Herndon, commanded, SS Central America]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Central America
Context triple: [William Lewis Herndon, commanded, SS Central America]
  • A. Central America
    Central America is the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, comprising seven countries and serving as a cultural and ecological bridge between the two continents.
  • B. Northern Triangle of Central America
    The Northern Triangle of Central America is a subregion comprising El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, known for its high levels of migration, violence, and economic challenges.
  • C. Central America and Mexico program
    The Central America and Mexico program is a Rockefeller Brothers Fund initiative that supports social, environmental, and democratic development efforts in Mexico and Central American countries.
  • D. Eje 5 Sur
    Eje 5 Sur is a major east–west arterial road in Mexico City that runs through several neighborhoods, including Colonia del Valle.
  • E. Oasisamerica
    Oasisamerica is a cultural and archaeological region of pre-Columbian North America characterized by its oasis-based agriculture and complex indigenous societies in what is now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
  • 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: SS Central America
Triple: [William Lewis Herndon, commanded, SS Central America]
Generated description
SS Central America was a 19th-century American steamship famed for its 1857 sinking while carrying a massive cargo of California Gold Rush treasure, an event that contributed to a major financial panic.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Central America
Target entity description: SS Central America was a 19th-century American steamship famed for its 1857 sinking while carrying a massive cargo of California Gold Rush treasure, an event that contributed to a major financial panic.
  • A. Central America
    Central America is the narrow isthmus connecting North and South America, comprising seven countries and serving as a cultural and ecological bridge between the two continents.
  • B. Northern Triangle of Central America
    The Northern Triangle of Central America is a subregion comprising El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, known for its high levels of migration, violence, and economic challenges.
  • C. Central America and Mexico program
    The Central America and Mexico program is a Rockefeller Brothers Fund initiative that supports social, environmental, and democratic development efforts in Mexico and Central American countries.
  • D. Eje 5 Sur
    Eje 5 Sur is a major east–west arterial road in Mexico City that runs through several neighborhoods, including Colonia del Valle.
  • E. Oasisamerica
    Oasisamerica is a cultural and archaeological region of pre-Columbian North America characterized by its oasis-based agriculture and complex indigenous societies in what is now the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
  • 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_69c699506b308190826894dab1d9ea86 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6fa46d95081909c01d1432585ab2a completed March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c868714d7c8190aae66a3dd4e6214b completed March 28, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c86a93e34c81908aaf0edb023ee78c completed March 28, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c86af8330c8190a43c599e82fe465a completed March 28, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.