Triple
T8542890
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Janney coupler |
E202239
|
entity |
| Predicate | patentHolder |
P3264
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Eli H. Janney |
E740677
|
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: Eli H. Janney | Statement: [Janney coupler, patentHolder, Eli H. Janney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eli H. Janney Context triple: [Janney coupler, patentHolder, Eli H. Janney]
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A.
Eli H. Janney
chosen
Eli H. Janney was a 19th-century American inventor best known for creating the automatic railroad car coupler that greatly improved rail safety and efficiency.
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B.
Elliott Cresson
Elliott Cresson was a 19th-century American philanthropist and member of the American Philosophical Society known for endowing one of the earliest and most prestigious science and engineering awards in the United States.
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C.
Thomas Nelson Haskell
Thomas Nelson Haskell was a 19th-century American educator and Presbyterian minister best known for establishing Colorado College in Colorado Springs.
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D.
James Wormley
James Wormley was a prominent 19th-century African American hotelier and entrepreneur in Washington, D.C., known for operating one of the capital’s most distinguished hotels.
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E.
Christopher Goutman
Christopher Goutman is an American television producer and director best known for his work on daytime soap operas.
- 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe6e26be48190b10bc62fad178dad |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce891a1fac8190bcae4063b24c760a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.