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]
  • A. Charles Coffin Jewett
    Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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."
  • A. Charles Coffin Jewett
    Charles Coffin Jewett was a 19th-century American politician who served as mayor of Columbus, Ohio.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.