Triple
T8883429
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isthmian Canal Commission |
E211465
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasMember |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William H. Burr
William H. Burr was an American civil engineer known for his role in major infrastructure projects, including advisory and technical work related to the construction of the Panama Canal.
|
E767291
|
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: William H. Burr | Statement: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, William H. Burr]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Burr Context triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, William H. Burr]
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A.
William Wigram
William Wigram was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Swiss Alpine peak Dent Blanche.
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B.
William Burr Howell
William Burr Howell was an American banker and the father of Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
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C.
William C. Maybury
William C. Maybury was an American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
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E.
Walter Burr
Walter Burr is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Burr, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
- 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: William H. Burr Triple: [Isthmian Canal Commission, hasMember, William H. Burr]
Generated description
William H. Burr was an American civil engineer known for his role in major infrastructure projects, including advisory and technical work related to the construction of the Panama Canal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Burr Target entity description: William H. Burr was an American civil engineer known for his role in major infrastructure projects, including advisory and technical work related to the construction of the Panama Canal.
-
A.
William Wigram
William Wigram was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of the Swiss Alpine peak Dent Blanche.
-
B.
William Burr Howell
William Burr Howell was an American banker and the father of Varina Howell Davis, the wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
-
C.
William C. Maybury
William C. Maybury was an American lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Detroit in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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D.
Joseph Bancroft
Joseph Bancroft was an Australian physician and parasitologist known for his pioneering work on filarial worms, including the species later named Wuchereria bancrofti in his honor.
-
E.
Walter Burr
Walter Burr is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Burr, though specific widely known achievements or roles are not clearly documented.
- 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_69cfc1c641048190aabbc10f461099f4 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cfc24b4fe481909b7c4f58b787a21e |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cfc33fbedc8190a8f04ec6f43891f0 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 1:40 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:53 p.m.