Triple
T9768284
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mount Watkins |
E237053
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Carleton E. Watkins
Carleton E. Watkins was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer renowned for his large-format landscape images of the American West, especially Yosemite.
|
E819325
|
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: Carleton E. Watkins | Statement: [Mount Watkins, namedAfter, Carleton E. Watkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carleton E. Watkins Context triple: [Mount Watkins, namedAfter, Carleton E. Watkins]
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A.
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Timothy H. O'Sullivan was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer best known for his stark Civil War battlefield images and later geological survey photographs of the American West.
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B.
Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner was a 19th-century Scottish-American photographer best known for his iconic Civil War images and portraits of figures such as Abraham Lincoln.
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C.
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson was an early 19th-century Athens, Georgia resident and professor who is traditionally credited with deeding ownership of a beloved local oak tree to the tree itself, creating the legend of the "Tree That Owns Itself."
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D.
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his grand, dramatic landscapes of the American West, associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism.
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E.
Edward Bierstadt
Edward Bierstadt was a 19th-century American photographer and engraver known for his work in early photographic printing and for being part of the prominent Bierstadt artistic family.
- 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: Carleton E. Watkins Triple: [Mount Watkins, namedAfter, Carleton E. Watkins]
Generated description
Carleton E. Watkins was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer renowned for his large-format landscape images of the American West, especially Yosemite.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carleton E. Watkins Target entity description: Carleton E. Watkins was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer renowned for his large-format landscape images of the American West, especially Yosemite.
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A.
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
Timothy H. O'Sullivan was a pioneering 19th-century American photographer best known for his stark Civil War battlefield images and later geological survey photographs of the American West.
-
B.
Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner was a 19th-century Scottish-American photographer best known for his iconic Civil War images and portraits of figures such as Abraham Lincoln.
-
C.
William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson was an early 19th-century Athens, Georgia resident and professor who is traditionally credited with deeding ownership of a beloved local oak tree to the tree itself, creating the legend of the "Tree That Owns Itself."
-
D.
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his grand, dramatic landscapes of the American West, associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism.
-
E.
Edward Bierstadt
Edward Bierstadt was a 19th-century American photographer and engraver known for his work in early photographic printing and for being part of the prominent Bierstadt artistic family.
- 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_69ca84d831b8819090322686b47887ce |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cda0a2da648190836916a45d2998d7 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d1bd05f2588190ab413d26342aa70f |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d1bd901e4881908a39be828eb7f21b |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d1bdfe40f4819096b1d0442f4ee181 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:25 p.m.