Triple
T7622631
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Canal Commissioner of New York |
E172536
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Benjamin F. Bruce
Benjamin F. Bruce was a 19th-century American politician from New York who served in state office, including as a New York Canal Commissioner.
|
E691452
|
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: Benjamin F. Bruce | Statement: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Benjamin F. Bruce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin F. Bruce Context triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Benjamin F. Bruce]
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A.
Alexander P. Stewart
Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
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B.
James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
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C.
Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
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D.
Frederick G. Gardiner
Frederick G. Gardiner was a prominent mid-20th-century Toronto politician and civic leader who served as the first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto and played a key role in the city’s postwar urban development.
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E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- 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: Benjamin F. Bruce Triple: [Canal Commissioner of New York, officeHeldBy, Benjamin F. Bruce]
Generated description
Benjamin F. Bruce was a 19th-century American politician from New York who served in state office, including as a New York Canal Commissioner.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin F. Bruce Target entity description: Benjamin F. Bruce was a 19th-century American politician from New York who served in state office, including as a New York Canal Commissioner.
-
A.
Alexander P. Stewart
Alexander P. Stewart was a Confederate lieutenant general and West Point–trained career officer who commanded corps in the Western Theater during the American Civil War.
-
B.
James W. Forsyth
James W. Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and cavalry general best known for commanding the 7th Cavalry during the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre.
-
C.
Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
-
D.
Frederick G. Gardiner
Frederick G. Gardiner was a prominent mid-20th-century Toronto politician and civic leader who served as the first chairman of Metropolitan Toronto and played a key role in the city’s postwar urban development.
-
E.
James G. Smyth
James G. Smyth was a mountaineer known for making the first recorded ascent of Mont Blanc du Tacul in the Alps.
- 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_69c988f902548190a3db57b4b6debf6c |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:18 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c9896e8eb48190813c572d914b607a |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c989bc032c8190ab52dc93f4949aaf |
completed | March 29, 2026, 8:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:56 p.m.