Triple
T7622622
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canal Commissioner of New York |
E172536
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William J. McAlpine
William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
|
E719998
|
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 J. McAlpine | Statement: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William J. McAlpine]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. McAlpine Context triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William J. McAlpine]
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A.
George Macalister
George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
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B.
Wilfred J. McNeil
Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
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C.
James C. Adamson
James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
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D.
William Archibald
William Archibald was a Trinidad-born American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage play "The Innocents," which he adapted from Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw."
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E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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 J. McAlpine Triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, William J. McAlpine]
Generated description
William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. McAlpine Target entity description: William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
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A.
George Macalister
George Macalister was a 19th-century Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland.
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B.
Wilfred J. McNeil
Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
James C. Adamson
James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
-
D.
William Archibald
William Archibald was a Trinidad-born American playwright and screenwriter best known for his stage play "The Innocents," which he adapted from Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw."
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E.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
- 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_69cd336af7c48190956add895fff9c21 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cd36ecc1d88190a978f1d51b0e1382 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cd4e7822e48190bb573162f224bd8c |
completed | April 1, 2026, 4:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:56 p.m.