Triple

T8466572
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Parsons E200177 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Barclay Parsons
William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
 E740428 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 Barclay Parsons | Statement: [Parsons, hasNotableBearer, William Barclay Parsons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Barclay Parsons
Context triple: [Parsons, hasNotableBearer, William Barclay Parsons]
  • A. William S. Parsons
    William S. Parsons was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and ordnance expert who played a key role in the development and deployment of the atomic bomb during World War II.
  • B. William Dewhurst
    William Dewhurst was an actor known for his role in the early 20th-century film "Sabotage."
  • C. Alfred Morton Githens
    Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
  • D. Walter Sturgeon
    Walter Sturgeon was an American mycologist and mushroom expert known for his field guides and contributions to the study of North American fungi.
  • E. Roy Fedden
    Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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 Barclay Parsons
Triple: [Parsons, hasNotableBearer, William Barclay Parsons]
Generated description
William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Barclay Parsons
Target entity description: William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
  • A. William S. Parsons
    William S. Parsons was a U.S. Navy rear admiral and ordnance expert who played a key role in the development and deployment of the atomic bomb during World War II.
  • B. William Dewhurst
    William Dewhurst was an actor known for his role in the early 20th-century film "Sabotage."
  • C. Alfred Morton Githens
    Alfred Morton Githens was an American architect known for his influential designs of major public libraries and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.
  • D. Walter Sturgeon
    Walter Sturgeon was an American mycologist and mushroom expert known for his field guides and contributions to the study of North American fungi.
  • E. Roy Fedden
    Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
  • 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_69ca831a4f348190bfdd09250e86ae35 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe4d17ec8819093becdaec750aff5 completed March 31, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce6d019b748190a972ae32a56523c0 completed April 2, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce6e66c5e48190badcc5e075892006 completed April 2, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce6f0cc434819089e78d24dfee5361 completed April 2, 2026, 1:28 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:11 p.m.