Triple

T9941749
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ladd Glacier E194098 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William S. Ladd
William S. Ladd was a prominent 19th-century American businessman, banker, and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, and became one of the city's leading civic and financial figures.
E833430 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: William S. Ladd | Statement: [Ladd Glacier, namedAfter, William S. Ladd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Ladd
Context triple: [Ladd Glacier, namedAfter, William S. Ladd]
  • A. Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
  • B. Henry B. Endicott
    Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
  • C. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. George H. Stevenson
    George H. Stevenson was a local figure of historical significance in Washington State, likely an early settler or community leader after whom the community of Stevenson, Washington, was named.
  • E. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • 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: William S. Ladd
Triple: [Ladd Glacier, namedAfter, William S. Ladd]
Generated description
William S. Ladd was a prominent 19th-century American businessman, banker, and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, and became one of the city's leading civic and financial figures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Ladd
Target entity description: William S. Ladd was a prominent 19th-century American businessman, banker, and politician who served as mayor of Portland, Oregon, and became one of the city's leading civic and financial figures.
  • A. Samuel C. Armstrong
    Samuel C. Armstrong was an American educator and Civil War officer best known for founding Hampton Institute and shaping the educational philosophy of prominent Black leaders in the post–Civil War era.
  • B. Henry B. Endicott
    Henry B. Endicott was an American industrialist and shoe manufacturer whose influence and philanthropy led to the naming of the village of Endicott, New York in his honor.
  • C. Horace W. Peaslee
    Horace W. Peaslee was an American architect best known for designing prominent public monuments and civic buildings in the early to mid-20th century.
  • D. George H. Stevenson
    George H. Stevenson was a local figure of historical significance in Washington State, likely an early settler or community leader after whom the community of Stevenson, Washington, was named.
  • E. Charles W. Bingham
    Charles W. Bingham was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose contributions to education and public institutions led to buildings such as Bingham Hall being named in his honor.
  • 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_69ca82e409348190a393777356b80a2a completed March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb610905c81909d669265c92021a5 completed April 2, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d257986a648190b72697e4644c9c1c completed April 5, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d258b6d9c0819096dbd3e85dc6adfc completed April 5, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d25977ab988190969ed8ff8eb53ddd completed April 5, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:44 p.m.