Triple
T9501750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Davis Ticknor |
E229157
|
entity |
| Predicate | relative |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Ticknor
George Ticknor was a 19th-century American academic and author best known as a pioneering Harvard professor of Spanish and French literature and the author of the influential "History of Spanish Literature."
|
E805191
|
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: George Ticknor | Statement: [William Davis Ticknor, relative, George Ticknor]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Ticknor Context triple: [William Davis Ticknor, relative, George Ticknor]
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A.
Charles Coffin Jewett
Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
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B.
Horatio Greenough
Horatio Greenough was a 19th-century American sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and early contributions to public art in the United States.
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C.
William Davis Ticknor
William Davis Ticknor was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential Boston publishing house Ticknor and Fields.
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D.
Edmund Ward Poor
Edmund Ward Poor was an American businessman and aviation pioneer best known as one of the co-founders of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
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E.
Edward Tuckerman Potter
Edward Tuckerman Potter was a 19th-century American architect known for his distinctive Victorian Gothic designs, particularly notable residential and ecclesiastical buildings.
- 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: George Ticknor Triple: [William Davis Ticknor, relative, George Ticknor]
Generated description
George Ticknor was a 19th-century American academic and author best known as a pioneering Harvard professor of Spanish and French literature and the author of the influential "History of Spanish Literature."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Ticknor Target entity description: George Ticknor was a 19th-century American academic and author best known as a pioneering Harvard professor of Spanish and French literature and the author of the influential "History of Spanish Literature."
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A.
Charles Coffin Jewett
Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
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B.
Horatio Greenough
Horatio Greenough was a 19th-century American sculptor best known for his neoclassical works and early contributions to public art in the United States.
-
C.
William Davis Ticknor
William Davis Ticknor was a 19th-century American publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential Boston publishing house Ticknor and Fields.
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D.
Edmund Ward Poor
Edmund Ward Poor was an American businessman and aviation pioneer best known as one of the co-founders of the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
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E.
Edward Tuckerman Potter
Edward Tuckerman Potter was a 19th-century American architect known for his distinctive Victorian Gothic designs, particularly notable residential and ecclesiastical buildings.
- 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_69ca84753660819098e8d416e89e26ae |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd983d4b708190a4dfef1246986a26 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d14c02de448190a2feea16d5461726 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d14cef4c248190a8dd7b01c9e25a9e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:39 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d14d5dad98819089c49afd3d097c1f |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:57 p.m.