Triple
T8787595
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Houlton, Maine |
E209078
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joseph Houlton
Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
|
E769943
|
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: Joseph Houlton | Statement: [Houlton, Maine, namedAfter, Joseph Houlton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Houlton Context triple: [Houlton, Maine, namedAfter, Joseph Houlton]
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A.
George Woodhouse
George Woodhouse was a 19th-century English architect known for designing prominent public buildings in the Victorian era.
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B.
George Horton
George Horton was an English painter associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century Cullercoats artist colony, known for his coastal and maritime scenes.
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C.
John Hartwell
John Hartwell is a member of the Hartwell family, a lineage noted for its historical and genealogical significance.
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D.
Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
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E.
William Hutchinson
William Hutchinson was a 17th-century English merchant and colonial settler in Massachusetts Bay, best known as the husband of religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson.
- 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: Joseph Houlton Triple: [Houlton, Maine, namedAfter, Joseph Houlton]
Generated description
Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph Houlton Target entity description: Joseph Houlton was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the town of Houlton, Maine, was named.
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A.
George Woodhouse
George Woodhouse was a 19th-century English architect known for designing prominent public buildings in the Victorian era.
-
B.
George Horton
George Horton was an English painter associated with the late 19th- and early 20th-century Cullercoats artist colony, known for his coastal and maritime scenes.
-
C.
John Hartwell
John Hartwell is a member of the Hartwell family, a lineage noted for its historical and genealogical significance.
-
D.
Edward Hodges Baily
Edward Hodges Baily was a prominent 19th-century English sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and major public monuments in London.
-
E.
William Hutchinson
William Hutchinson was a 17th-century English merchant and colonial settler in Massachusetts Bay, best known as the husband of religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f89a84c819085d4cfe4e6dfbda8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cfc921d3408190a2f823473bf9b4bc |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfcccaea508190ac9c0b2d2b496c5c |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfcd1dd12881909d250c08feeb9fbf |
completed | April 3, 2026, 2:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.