Triple

T9257586
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank James E222484 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Alexander Franklin James
Alexander Franklin James was a 19th-century American outlaw best known as the older brother and partner-in-crime of Jesse James in the James–Younger Gang.
 E789190 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: Alexander Franklin James | Statement: [Frank James, birthName, Alexander Franklin James]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Franklin James
Context triple: [Frank James, birthName, Alexander Franklin James]
  • A. Thomas James
    Thomas James was a 17th-century Welsh explorer and navigator best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • B. John George Howard
    John George Howard was a 19th-century English-born Canadian architect, surveyor, and civic leader in Toronto, best known for his significant land donations and contributions to the city's development.
  • C. Arthur George Brown
    Arthur George Brown was the son of pioneering British aviator Arthur Whitten Brown, who co-piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.
  • D. William Alexander Graham
    William Alexander Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as the state's governor, a U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy.
  • E. Robert James
    Robert James is an American businessman best known as the founder of the financial services firm Raymond James Financial.
  • 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: Alexander Franklin James
Triple: [Frank James, birthName, Alexander Franklin James]
Generated description
Alexander Franklin James was a 19th-century American outlaw best known as the older brother and partner-in-crime of Jesse James in the James–Younger Gang.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Alexander Franklin James
Target entity description: Alexander Franklin James was a 19th-century American outlaw best known as the older brother and partner-in-crime of Jesse James in the James–Younger Gang.
  • A. Thomas James
    Thomas James was a 17th-century Welsh explorer and navigator best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
  • B. John George Howard
    John George Howard was a 19th-century English-born Canadian architect, surveyor, and civic leader in Toronto, best known for his significant land donations and contributions to the city's development.
  • C. Arthur George Brown
    Arthur George Brown was the son of pioneering British aviator Arthur Whitten Brown, who co-piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919.
  • D. William Alexander Graham
    William Alexander Graham was a 19th-century American politician from North Carolina who served as the state's governor, a U.S. senator, and Secretary of the Navy.
  • E. Robert James
    Robert James is an American businessman best known as the founder of the financial services firm Raymond James Financial.
  • 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_69ca841e4cd481908e738c74e958eaea completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd06b660448190b6bc04beff0f5512 completed April 1, 2026, 11:51 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d09be75fd88190b6e99b0884dcc14c completed April 4, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d09ef082c08190a1f2d47137126f45 completed April 4, 2026, 5:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d09f48b82c8190b8d28109e59849d9 completed April 4, 2026, 5:19 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:32 p.m.