Triple
T12018628
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William S. Clark |
E286089
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Smith Clark
William Smith Clark was a 19th-century American educator and agricultural scientist best known for helping found Hokkaido University in Japan and inspiring students with the phrase "Boys, be ambitious."
|
E959523
|
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 Smith Clark | Statement: [William S. Clark, knownAs, William Smith Clark]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith Clark Context triple: [William S. Clark, knownAs, William Smith Clark]
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A.
William Tierney Clark
William Tierney Clark was a pioneering 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing early suspension bridges in Britain and Central Europe, including the landmark Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest.
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B.
Josiah Whitney
Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
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C.
James B. Clark
James B. Clark was an American film editor and director known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
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D.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
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E.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
- 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 Smith Clark Triple: [William S. Clark, knownAs, William Smith Clark]
Generated description
William Smith Clark was a 19th-century American educator and agricultural scientist best known for helping found Hokkaido University in Japan and inspiring students with the phrase "Boys, be ambitious."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smith Clark Target entity description: William Smith Clark was a 19th-century American educator and agricultural scientist best known for helping found Hokkaido University in Japan and inspiring students with the phrase "Boys, be ambitious."
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A.
William Tierney Clark
William Tierney Clark was a pioneering 19th-century British civil engineer best known for designing early suspension bridges in Britain and Central Europe, including the landmark Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest.
-
B.
Josiah Whitney
Josiah Whitney was a prominent 19th-century American geologist and Harvard professor who served as the state geologist of California and became a leading figure in the geological exploration of the American West.
-
C.
James B. Clark
James B. Clark was an American film editor and director known for his work on numerous mid-20th-century Hollywood films.
-
D.
Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little was an American chemist and pioneering management consultant who co-founded one of the world’s first consulting firms, Arthur D. Little, Inc.
-
E.
William Parish Chilton
William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
- 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_69d6ab45a368819084fce08bf0dc3705 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d903dabf2c819084dcaa05ae0a6018 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f48b53cd08819084a9335449844f12 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f48fc6da4c81908442f18cb4a65b27 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 11:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f495f069c48190a6e5856c272420c0 |
completed | May 1, 2026, noon |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.