Triple
T8647003
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Merle Coulter |
E205001
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John Merle Coulter |
E205001
|
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: John Merle Coulter | Statement: [John Merle Coulter, fullName, John Merle Coulter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Merle Coulter Context triple: [John Merle Coulter, fullName, John Merle Coulter]
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A.
John Merle Coulter
chosen
John Merle Coulter was an influential American botanist and educator known for his extensive work in plant taxonomy and for helping to establish botany as a rigorous scientific discipline in the United States.
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B.
Athol Estes Porter
Athol Estes Porter was the wife of American short story writer O. Henry and the inspiration for several of his early works.
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C.
Ludlow Ogden Smith
Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
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D.
William Van Tine
William Van Tine was an American architect known for contributing to the design of Fair Lane, the historic Henry Ford estate in Dearborn, Michigan.
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E.
Sidney Blackmer
Sidney Blackmer was an American stage, film, and television actor best known for his character roles in classic Hollywood cinema, including his memorable performance in "Rosemary's Baby."
- 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_69ca834e56848190abb0eeaec9dedd32 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc48112b4881908901214f41b6bf71 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 10:17 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf88b20fec819086a1f1f3554c90e4 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 9:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:28 p.m.