Triple
T8706347
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Catherine Van Rensselaer |
E206661
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Van Rensselaer
Van Rensselaer is the surname of a prominent Dutch-descended colonial and early American family influential in New York’s political, social, and landowning history.
|
E752520
|
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: Van Rensselaer | Statement: [Catherine Van Rensselaer, familyName, Van Rensselaer]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Rensselaer Context triple: [Catherine Van Rensselaer, familyName, Van Rensselaer]
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A.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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B.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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D.
Henry van Rensselaer
Henry van Rensselaer was an American Revolutionary War officer from the prominent Van Rensselaer family of New York who played a notable role in the northern campaign against the British.
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E.
Frederick Van Cortlandt
Frederick Van Cortlandt was an 18th-century New York landowner and member of the prominent Van Cortlandt family associated with the historic Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx.
- 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: Van Rensselaer Triple: [Catherine Van Rensselaer, familyName, Van Rensselaer]
Generated description
Van Rensselaer is the surname of a prominent Dutch-descended colonial and early American family influential in New York’s political, social, and landowning history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Van Rensselaer Target entity description: Van Rensselaer is the surname of a prominent Dutch-descended colonial and early American family influential in New York’s political, social, and landowning history.
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A.
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
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B.
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Pierre Van Cortlandt was an American patriot and politician who served as the first lieutenant governor of New York during and after the Revolutionary War.
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C.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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D.
Henry van Rensselaer
Henry van Rensselaer was an American Revolutionary War officer from the prominent Van Rensselaer family of New York who played a notable role in the northern campaign against the British.
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E.
Frederick Van Cortlandt
Frederick Van Cortlandt was an 18th-century New York landowner and member of the prominent Van Cortlandt family associated with the historic Van Cortlandt House in the Bronx.
- 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_69ca835645e881908f00e3c8b51da81d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc58fcac748190a82b57aeb7c43df9 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf28aac77c8190b4f5968643715765 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf2bcff84881908a7985fdf8189583 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf2ca1ddac8190a36367e6bba8e3c8 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.