Triple
T8965511
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joel Aldrich Matteson |
E214119
|
entity |
| Predicate | replacedBy |
P101
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Bissell
William Henry Bissell was an American politician who served as the 11th governor of Illinois and was the first Republican elected to that office.
|
E825676
|
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 Henry Bissell | Statement: [Joel Aldrich Matteson, replacedBy, William Henry Bissell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Bissell Context triple: [Joel Aldrich Matteson, replacedBy, William Henry Bissell]
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A.
Charles H. Mason
Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
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B.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
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C.
William Wallace Smith Bliss
William Wallace Smith Bliss was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and accomplished mathematician who served as a staff officer in the Mexican–American War and as son-in-law and aide to President Zachary Taylor.
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D.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
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E.
Henry D. Stratton
Henry D. Stratton was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, which later evolved into institutions such as Rider University.
- 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 Henry Bissell Triple: [Joel Aldrich Matteson, replacedBy, William Henry Bissell]
Generated description
William Henry Bissell was an American politician who served as the 11th governor of Illinois and was the first Republican elected to that office.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Bissell Target entity description: William Henry Bissell was an American politician who served as the 11th governor of Illinois and was the first Republican elected to that office.
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A.
Charles H. Mason
Charles H. Mason was an early American politician who served as the first Secretary of Washington Territory in the mid-19th century.
-
B.
Gustavus W. Smith
Gustavus W. Smith was a Confederate major general and briefly acting commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.
-
C.
William Wallace Smith Bliss
William Wallace Smith Bliss was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and accomplished mathematician who served as a staff officer in the Mexican–American War and as son-in-law and aide to President Zachary Taylor.
-
D.
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
-
E.
Henry D. Stratton
Henry D. Stratton was a 19th-century American educator and co-founder of the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges, which later evolved into institutions such as Rider University.
- 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_69ca839cd6008190a1546a701a56710c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc67623818819096aee155a9b43e8f |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:31 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1e3d6191c8190adb41feec1bfa76e |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1e5204f748190b1f56ee5469828a2 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1e598243481909278cb3c911ce3db |
completed | April 5, 2026, 4:31 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:01 p.m.