Triple
T823311
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Yerkes Observatory |
E17797
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Charles T. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
|
E129644
|
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: Charles T. Yerkes | Statement: [Yerkes Observatory, namedAfter, Charles T. Yerkes]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles T. Yerkes Context triple: [Yerkes Observatory, namedAfter, Charles T. Yerkes]
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A.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
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B.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
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C.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
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D.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis was an influential American publisher and philanthropist best known for building a magazine empire that included titles like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.
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E.
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
- 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: Charles T. Yerkes Triple: [Yerkes Observatory, namedAfter, Charles T. Yerkes]
Generated description
Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles T. Yerkes Target entity description: Charles T. Yerkes was a wealthy American financier and streetcar magnate of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known for funding major astronomical and urban transit projects.
-
A.
Thomas Durant
Thomas Durant is a central character in the television series "Hell on Wheels," depicted as a ruthless and ambitious railroad tycoon driving the construction of the transcontinental railroad.
-
B.
Thomas W. Lamont
Thomas W. Lamont was a prominent American banker and philanthropist associated with J.P. Morgan & Co. whose support for education and the arts led to institutions such as Harvard’s Lamont Library bearing his name.
-
C.
Charles Crocker
Charles Crocker was a 19th-century American railroad executive and industrialist best known as one of the "Big Four" who built the Central Pacific Railroad and helped create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.
-
D.
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Cyrus H. K. Curtis was an influential American publisher and philanthropist best known for building a magazine empire that included titles like The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal.
-
E.
Henry Clay Frick
Henry Clay Frick was an American industrialist and financier best known for his leadership in the steel and coke industries and his role in the development of Carnegie Steel.
- 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_69a4937bcaac8190a322524ac6f45a5a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ab7d3984819089aefbf12d3b3c2c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac598e6ccc8190b0d75d36036f5e42 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac5a8b342881909b11d86270717d72 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac5af24a948190a37c832508149a48 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:05 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:38 p.m.