Triple

T7647732
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burr–Hamilton duel E173166 entity
Predicate hasSecond P77809 FINISHED
Object William P. Van Ness
William P. Van Ness was an American lawyer, judge, and close ally of Aaron Burr who notably served as Burr’s second in the famous 1804 duel with Alexander Hamilton.
E683400 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 P. Van Ness | Statement: [Burr–Hamilton duel, hasSecond, William P. Van Ness]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William P. Van Ness
Context triple: [Burr–Hamilton duel, hasSecond, William P. Van Ness]
  • A. Randolph B. Marcy
    Randolph B. Marcy was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his frontier surveys and influential guidebooks on overland travel in the American West.
  • B. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • C. Elias B. Caldwell
    Elias B. Caldwell was an early 19th-century American lawyer and reformer best known as a founding figure of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the resettlement of free African Americans to Africa.
  • D. J. Millard Tawes
    J. Millard Tawes was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Maryland and was known for his long tenure in state public service.
  • 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 P. Van Ness
Triple: [Burr–Hamilton duel, hasSecond, William P. Van Ness]
Generated description
William P. Van Ness was an American lawyer, judge, and close ally of Aaron Burr who notably served as Burr’s second in the famous 1804 duel with Alexander Hamilton.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William P. Van Ness
Target entity description: William P. Van Ness was an American lawyer, judge, and close ally of Aaron Burr who notably served as Burr’s second in the famous 1804 duel with Alexander Hamilton.
  • A. Randolph B. Marcy
    Randolph B. Marcy was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his frontier surveys and influential guidebooks on overland travel in the American West.
  • B. Benjamin Ely
    Benjamin Ely was an influential figure whose ideas and work helped shape the thought and career of educator and women's education pioneer Sophia Smith.
  • C. Elias B. Caldwell
    Elias B. Caldwell was an early 19th-century American lawyer and reformer best known as a founding figure of the American Colonization Society, which promoted the resettlement of free African Americans to Africa.
  • D. J. Millard Tawes
    J. Millard Tawes was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Maryland and was known for his long tenure in state public service.
  • 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
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasSecond
Context triple: [Burr–Hamilton duel, hasSecond, William P. Van Ness]
  • A. hasSecondSeat
    Indicates that an entity possesses or includes a secondary seat in addition to a primary one.
  • B. hasSecondarySubject
    Indicates that an entity is associated with an additional, non-primary subject in a given context or relationship.
  • C. hasSecondaryBase
    Indicates that an entity possesses or is associated with a secondary or additional base, distinct from its primary base.
  • D. hasSecondaryCore
    Indicates that an entity possesses an additional, subordinate core component alongside its primary core.
  • E. isSecondHighest
    Indicates that one entity ranks immediately below the highest-ranked entity within a specified ordering or set.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69c6995360188190968ee57b72a1627f completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6faf6328c8190bce0a3f8a17ef890 completed March 27, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8ac8fdfe88190a535bf050eff5abb completed March 29, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8aecf09cc8190ab7aacdc26eb20db completed March 29, 2026, 4:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8af6d6d008190a0b291d2dfd1325f completed March 29, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6f4e9ef1c81909c8bff716541ac1f completed March 27, 2026, 9:21 p.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69c6f8195e5c8190835e28d44e19f6ef completed March 27, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:58 p.m.