Triple
T948175
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Andrew Jackson Downing |
E20459
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Downing
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
|
E172616
|
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: Samuel Downing | Statement: [Andrew Jackson Downing, father, Samuel Downing]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Downing Context triple: [Andrew Jackson Downing, father, Samuel Downing]
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A.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
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B.
Samuel Gray
Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
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C.
Samuel Miller
Samuel Miller was a prominent early 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian, educator, and church historian who helped shape Reformed theological education in the United States.
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D.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
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E.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
- 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: Samuel Downing Triple: [Andrew Jackson Downing, father, Samuel Downing]
Generated description
Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Downing Target entity description: Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
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A.
Samuel Allison
Samuel Allison was an American physicist known for his work on nuclear physics and his leadership role in the Manhattan Project at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory.
-
B.
Samuel Gray
Samuel Gray was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel American revolutionary sentiment.
-
C.
Samuel Miller
Samuel Miller was a prominent early 19th-century American Presbyterian theologian, educator, and church historian who helped shape Reformed theological education in the United States.
-
D.
Samuel Ellis
Samuel Ellis was the landowner after whom Ellis Island in New York Harbor was named.
-
E.
Samuel Garbett
Samuel Garbett was an 18th-century English industrialist and merchant from Birmingham, known for his role in the early chemical industry and his involvement in the influential Lunar Society.
- 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_69a493b0f2fc81908cd227480a5356a1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3bf9bb88190a79b2db698613a8d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad230d2870819099001561e36078f5 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad24b98d6881908e31adebea66affb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad25732ca08190bc8cbb1692adf35e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 7:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.