Triple
T8715884
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gaillard Cut |
E206892
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David du Bose Gaillard
David du Bose Gaillard was a U.S. Army engineer best known for supervising the excavation of the central canal cut through the Continental Divide during the construction of the Panama Canal.
|
E753937
|
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: David du Bose Gaillard | Statement: [Gaillard Cut, namedAfter, David du Bose Gaillard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David du Bose Gaillard Context triple: [Gaillard Cut, namedAfter, David du Bose Gaillard]
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A.
Donald Vidrine
Donald Vidrine was a BP well site leader involved in the Deepwater Horizon drilling operations and subsequent investigations into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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B.
Slim Gaillard
Slim Gaillard was an American jazz singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter known for his humorous performances, scat singing, and inventive "Vout-o-Reenee" hipster slang in the 1930s and 1940s.
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C.
John Breaux
John Breaux is an American Democratic politician from Louisiana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his centrist, bipartisan approach to legislation.
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D.
William Francome
William Francome is a British activist and filmmaker best known for his work highlighting the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and broader issues of criminal justice.
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E.
Ed Mullen
Ed Mullen is a notable individual who shares the surname Mullen and is recognized enough to be specifically distinguished among people with that name.
- 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: David du Bose Gaillard Triple: [Gaillard Cut, namedAfter, David du Bose Gaillard]
Generated description
David du Bose Gaillard was a U.S. Army engineer best known for supervising the excavation of the central canal cut through the Continental Divide during the construction of the Panama Canal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David du Bose Gaillard Target entity description: David du Bose Gaillard was a U.S. Army engineer best known for supervising the excavation of the central canal cut through the Continental Divide during the construction of the Panama Canal.
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A.
Donald Vidrine
Donald Vidrine was a BP well site leader involved in the Deepwater Horizon drilling operations and subsequent investigations into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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B.
Slim Gaillard
Slim Gaillard was an American jazz singer, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter known for his humorous performances, scat singing, and inventive "Vout-o-Reenee" hipster slang in the 1930s and 1940s.
-
C.
John Breaux
John Breaux is an American Democratic politician from Louisiana who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later as a U.S. Senator, known for his centrist, bipartisan approach to legislation.
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D.
William Francome
William Francome is a British activist and filmmaker best known for his work highlighting the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and broader issues of criminal justice.
-
E.
Ed Mullen
Ed Mullen is a notable individual who shares the surname Mullen and is recognized enough to be specifically distinguished among people with that name.
- 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_69ca83572d4881909bef3be2b578d539 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5cd807cc819090b58caf285b397a |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cf28d62af88190acf2d8692d73b9f5 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cf2bd222b08190907ba7e98991996e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cf2fcb5e7c819086b441d1ef4fc368 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 3:11 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:35 p.m.