Triple

T9612029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject NAN Ranch Ruin E232123 entity
Predicate excavatedBy P7650 FINISHED
Object archaeologist Harry J. Shafer
Harry J. Shafer is an American archaeologist known for his extensive research and excavations in the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico, particularly at Mimbres culture sites.
 E810949 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: archaeologist Harry J. Shafer | Statement: [NAN Ranch Ruin, excavatedBy, archaeologist Harry J. Shafer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: archaeologist Harry J. Shafer
Context triple: [NAN Ranch Ruin, excavatedBy, archaeologist Harry J. Shafer]
  • A. Carl Blegen
    Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
  • B. J. Walter Fewkes
    J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
  • C. Emil Possehl
    Emil Possehl was a German industrialist and philanthropist from Lübeck, best known for building a major iron ore and steel trading empire and for endowing the Possehl Foundation to support his hometown.
  • D. Arthur Evans
    Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist best known for excavating the Minoan palace at Knossos and pioneering the study of Aegean Bronze Age civilizations.
  • E. George S. Oppenheim
    George S. Oppenheim was an American publisher best known as a founder of the influential publishing house Viking Press.
  • 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: archaeologist Harry J. Shafer
Triple: [NAN Ranch Ruin, excavatedBy, archaeologist Harry J. Shafer]
Generated description
Harry J. Shafer is an American archaeologist known for his extensive research and excavations in the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico, particularly at Mimbres culture sites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: archaeologist Harry J. Shafer
Target entity description: Harry J. Shafer is an American archaeologist known for his extensive research and excavations in the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico, particularly at Mimbres culture sites.
  • A. Carl Blegen
    Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.
  • B. J. Walter Fewkes
    J. Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering studies of Native American cultures, particularly the Hopi and other Pueblo peoples, and for his influential work in early ethnographic field recording.
  • C. Emil Possehl
    Emil Possehl was a German industrialist and philanthropist from Lübeck, best known for building a major iron ore and steel trading empire and for endowing the Possehl Foundation to support his hometown.
  • D. Arthur Evans
    Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist best known for excavating the Minoan palace at Knossos and pioneering the study of Aegean Bronze Age civilizations.
  • E. George S. Oppenheim
    George S. Oppenheim was an American publisher best known as a founder of the influential publishing house Viking Press.
  • 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_69ca8485a90c819094fe40b42fde9d70 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a87764481909ab96cd2ab96d14b completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d179513f9081909bcd9a456c640ba3 completed April 4, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d17b87ec6c8190a265bdbb6855dca5 completed April 4, 2026, 8:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d17beebd748190b85d7bd549276197 completed April 4, 2026, 9 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:09 p.m.