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]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.