Triple

T812451
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Astor family E17574 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object William Backhouse Astor Jr.
William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
E116256 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 Backhouse Astor Jr. | Statement: [Astor family, hasNotableMember, William Backhouse Astor Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Backhouse Astor Jr.
Context triple: [Astor family, hasNotableMember, William Backhouse Astor Jr.]
  • A. William Backhouse Astor Sr.
    William Backhouse Astor Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and real estate magnate who greatly expanded the Astor family fortune and influence.
  • B. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • C. Vincent Astor
    Vincent Astor was an American businessman, philanthropist, and heir to the Astor family fortune who became one of the wealthiest men of his era and a prominent New York society figure.
  • D. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • E. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • 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 Backhouse Astor Jr.
Triple: [Astor family, hasNotableMember, William Backhouse Astor Jr.]
Generated description
William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Backhouse Astor Jr.
Target entity description: William Backhouse Astor Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and member of the wealthy Astor dynasty, known for his role in managing the family’s real estate fortune and for his social prominence during the Gilded Age.
  • A. William Backhouse Astor Sr.
    William Backhouse Astor Sr. was a prominent 19th-century American businessman and real estate magnate who greatly expanded the Astor family fortune and influence.
  • B. John Jacob Astor IV
    John Jacob Astor IV was a prominent American businessman, real estate magnate, and member of the wealthy Astor family who famously died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.
  • C. Vincent Astor
    Vincent Astor was an American businessman, philanthropist, and heir to the Astor family fortune who became one of the wealthiest men of his era and a prominent New York society figure.
  • D. William Henry Vanderbilt
    William Henry Vanderbilt was a 19th-century American businessman and railroad magnate who became one of the wealthiest men in the United States as the principal heir and successor to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
  • E. Frederick William Vanderbilt
    Frederick William Vanderbilt was an American railroad executive and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his immense wealth and opulent Gilded Age estates.
  • 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_69a4937ae8a08190b5084a03d532b30e completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4ab4c7418819085cb64c6bf5fa70c completed March 1, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac1ccd40188190b5c4b9c3dc1f7554 completed March 7, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac1de2abf08190bae3ccdc5b7f6f9e completed March 7, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac1e518f648190aedea67936218178 completed March 7, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.