Triple

T8883424
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Isthmian Canal Commission E211465 entity
Predicate hasMember P10 FINISHED
Object Rear Admiral John G. Walker
Rear Admiral John G. Walker was a U.S. Navy officer and government official best known for chairing the commission that studied and recommended routes for an interoceanic canal across Central America.
E765394 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: Rear Admiral John G. Walker | Statement: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, Rear Admiral John G. Walker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral John G. Walker
Context triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, Rear Admiral John G. Walker]
  • A. Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer
    Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer was a senior United States Navy officer who rose to flag rank and held prominent leadership and administrative roles in naval personnel management.
  • B. Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
    Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan was a highly respected U.S. Navy officer of World War II who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership and sacrifice during the early Pacific naval campaigns.
  • C. Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
    Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III was a senior U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 and for his influential roles in modernizing naval warfare and joint operations.
  • D. Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
    Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
  • E. Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin
    Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin was a senior United States Navy officer best known for his World War I service, command roles in the interwar Pacific, and later participation in high-level inquiries such as the Roberts Commission.
  • 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: Rear Admiral John G. Walker
Triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, Rear Admiral John G. Walker]
Generated description
Rear Admiral John G. Walker was a U.S. Navy officer and government official best known for chairing the commission that studied and recommended routes for an interoceanic canal across Central America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rear Admiral John G. Walker
Target entity description: Rear Admiral John G. Walker was a U.S. Navy officer and government official best known for chairing the commission that studied and recommended routes for an interoceanic canal across Central America.
  • A. Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer
    Rear Admiral John M. Bowyer was a senior United States Navy officer who rose to flag rank and held prominent leadership and administrative roles in naval personnel management.
  • B. Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan
    Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan was a highly respected U.S. Navy officer of World War II who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his leadership and sacrifice during the early Pacific naval campaigns.
  • C. Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III
    Vice Admiral Joseph Metcalf III was a senior U.S. Navy officer best known for leading the American invasion of Grenada in 1983 and for his influential roles in modernizing naval warfare and joint operations.
  • D. Admiral Wesley L. McDonald
    Admiral Wesley L. McDonald was a United States Navy four-star admiral who served as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet during the early 1980s.
  • E. Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin
    Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin was a senior United States Navy officer best known for his World War I service, command roles in the interwar Pacific, and later participation in high-level inquiries such as the Roberts Commission.
  • 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_69ca838f9e20819096ab1f236a70381a completed March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc616b2d988190b923ef1e33aab787 completed April 1, 2026, 12:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfabd254148190b5ea3d308fe96851 completed April 3, 2026, noon
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfafb878048190b311342fbd93145e completed April 3, 2026, 12:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfb0392038819083f730a45787260b completed April 3, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:53 p.m.