Triple
T8178594
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lick Observatory |
E191002
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Lick |
E664258
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Lick | Statement: [Lick Observatory, namedAfter, James Lick]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lick Context triple: [Lick Observatory, namedAfter, James Lick]
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A.
James Lick
chosen
James Lick was a 19th-century American real estate investor and philanthropist best known for funding the construction of the Lick Observatory in California.
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B.
William Jackson Palmer
William Jackson Palmer was a 19th-century American civil engineer, railroad builder, and philanthropist who played a key role in developing the American West.
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C.
James Lick Robnett
James Lick Robnett is an individual whose personal name is associated with the surname Robnett.
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D.
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.
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E.
Hiram Sibley
Hiram Sibley was a 19th-century American industrialist and entrepreneur best known for organizing and leading Western Union into the dominant telegraph company in the United States.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb4abb66bc81908d758c7af2e23ac6 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 4:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ccbf7f02d08190a6cedc37b64a0d9e |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:47 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.