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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasSecond Context triple: [Burr–Hamilton duel, hasSecond, William P. Van Ness]
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A.
hasSecondSeat
Indicates that an entity possesses or includes a secondary seat in addition to a primary one.
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B.
hasSecondarySubject
Indicates that an entity is associated with an additional, non-primary subject in a given context or relationship.
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C.
hasSecondaryBase
Indicates that an entity possesses or is associated with a secondary or additional base, distinct from its primary base.
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D.
hasSecondaryCore
Indicates that an entity possesses an additional, subordinate core component alongside its primary core.
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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.