Triple
T8140580
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress |
E190085
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Lynch Jr.
Thomas Lynch Jr. was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence who represented South Carolina during the Revolutionary era.
|
E712212
|
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: Thomas Lynch Jr. | Statement: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, Thomas Lynch Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lynch Jr. Context triple: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, Thomas Lynch Jr.]
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A.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
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B.
Nathaniel Pendleton
Nathaniel Pendleton was an American Revolutionary War officer, jurist, and close associate of Alexander Hamilton who served as Hamilton’s second in the Burr–Hamilton duel.
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C.
James Iredell Sr.
James Iredell Sr. was an influential early American jurist and statesman who served as one of the original Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court and played a key role in shaping constitutional law.
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D.
William Hooper Councill
William Hooper Councill was a 19th-century African American educator, lawyer, and civil rights advocate who became a prominent leader in Black higher education in the post-Civil War South.
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E.
Cornelius Harnett
Cornelius Harnett was an American Revolutionary War-era political leader from North Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and a prominent patriot in the struggle for independence.
- 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: Thomas Lynch Jr. Triple: [South Carolina delegation to the Continental Congress, hasMember, Thomas Lynch Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas Lynch Jr. was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence who represented South Carolina during the Revolutionary era.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Lynch Jr. Target entity description: Thomas Lynch Jr. was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence who represented South Carolina during the Revolutionary era.
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A.
Samuel Johnston
Samuel Johnston was an American lawyer, statesman, and early political leader from North Carolina who served as governor of the state and as a U.S. senator after the Revolutionary War.
-
B.
Nathaniel Pendleton
Nathaniel Pendleton was an American Revolutionary War officer, jurist, and close associate of Alexander Hamilton who served as Hamilton’s second in the Burr–Hamilton duel.
-
C.
James Iredell Sr.
James Iredell Sr. was an influential early American jurist and statesman who served as one of the original Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court and played a key role in shaping constitutional law.
-
D.
William Hooper Councill
William Hooper Councill was a 19th-century African American educator, lawyer, and civil rights advocate who became a prominent leader in Black higher education in the post-Civil War South.
-
E.
Cornelius Harnett
Cornelius Harnett was an American Revolutionary War-era political leader from North Carolina who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and a prominent patriot in the struggle for independence.
- 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_69ca82bd9900819099477cdc2eb4244f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4404e5308190a323485701f09d86 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc94a3fb348190ab8895a7344f964e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:44 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc95c228c08190a603c1dff44ff299 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc96b02d38819085eb51c1943b3045 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:36 p.m.