Triple
T7622616
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canal Commissioner of New York |
E172536
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William C. Bouck
William C. Bouck was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of New York and was closely associated with the development and administration of the state's canal system.
|
E677321
|
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 C. Bouck | Statement: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William C. Bouck]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Bouck Context triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William C. Bouck]
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A.
John Lansing Jr.
John Lansing Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention who served as a prominent early judicial and political figure in New York.
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B.
William H. Huyler
William H. Huyler was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the late 19th century.
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C.
Erastus Corning 2nd
Erastus Corning 2nd was a long-serving Democratic mayor of Albany, New York, known for his powerful role in local politics and leadership of the city’s political machine in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Carl E. Heastie
Carl E. Heastie is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and represents a district in the Bronx.
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E.
Edwin A. Stevens
Edwin A. Stevens was a 19th-century American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist from the prominent Stevens family, best known for advancing steam transportation and supporting technical education.
- 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 C. Bouck Triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William C. Bouck]
Generated description
William C. Bouck was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of New York and was closely associated with the development and administration of the state's canal system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Bouck Target entity description: William C. Bouck was a 19th-century American politician who served as governor of New York and was closely associated with the development and administration of the state's canal system.
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A.
John Lansing Jr.
John Lansing Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention who served as a prominent early judicial and political figure in New York.
-
B.
William H. Huyler
William H. Huyler was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the late 19th century.
-
C.
Erastus Corning 2nd
Erastus Corning 2nd was a long-serving Democratic mayor of Albany, New York, known for his powerful role in local politics and leadership of the city’s political machine in the mid-20th century.
-
D.
Carl E. Heastie
Carl E. Heastie is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and represents a district in the Bronx.
-
E.
Edwin A. Stevens
Edwin A. Stevens was a 19th-century American engineer, inventor, and philanthropist from the prominent Stevens family, best known for advancing steam transportation and supporting technical education.
- 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_69c6fa63e66081908ba34dd4483de7fe |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c868789618819094010e60ef73fdfd |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c86c244d848190b53a713480761162 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c86c7881788190bc399c485d12d6fa |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:56 p.m.