Triple

T7814674
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bancroft Library E180974 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Hubert Howe Bancroft
Hubert Howe Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian and publisher best known for his extensive works on the history of the western United States, Mexico, and Central America.
E694757 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: Hubert Howe Bancroft | Statement: [Bancroft Library, namedAfter, Hubert Howe Bancroft]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Context triple: [Bancroft Library, namedAfter, Hubert Howe Bancroft]
  • A. G. Allan Hancock
    G. Allan Hancock was an American oil magnate, philanthropist, and real estate developer known for his influential role in shaping parts of Los Angeles, including the creation of Hancock Park.
  • B. John Galen Howard
    John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
  • C. John Peabody Harrington
    John Peabody Harrington was an American linguist and ethnographer renowned for his extensive documentation of Native American languages and cultures, particularly in California.
  • D. William Whiting Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
  • E. William Tierney Clark
    William Tierney Clark was a pioneering 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing early suspension bridges in Britain and Central Europe, including the landmark Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest.
  • 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: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Triple: [Bancroft Library, namedAfter, Hubert Howe Bancroft]
Generated description
Hubert Howe Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian and publisher best known for his extensive works on the history of the western United States, Mexico, and Central America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hubert Howe Bancroft
Target entity description: Hubert Howe Bancroft was a 19th-century American historian and publisher best known for his extensive works on the history of the western United States, Mexico, and Central America.
  • A. G. Allan Hancock
    G. Allan Hancock was an American oil magnate, philanthropist, and real estate developer known for his influential role in shaping parts of Los Angeles, including the creation of Hancock Park.
  • B. John Galen Howard
    John Galen Howard was an influential American architect best known for shaping the early 20th-century architectural landscape of the University of California, Berkeley campus.
  • C. John Peabody Harrington
    John Peabody Harrington was an American linguist and ethnographer renowned for his extensive documentation of Native American languages and cultures, particularly in California.
  • D. William Whiting Boardman
    William Whiting Boardman was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and held various state and local offices.
  • E. William Tierney Clark
    William Tierney Clark was a pioneering 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing early suspension bridges in Britain and Central Europe, including the landmark Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest.
  • 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_69ca828153f48190bdb27ac46f8e0745 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69caf96c009c81909726e1653b6f1348 completed March 30, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb147d965881908003551710a1bbff completed March 31, 2026, 12:25 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb1732bb608190aa776f23f0dc6189 completed March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb1a56d25881908b8413b82edf5508 completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:39 p.m.