Triple

T12059353
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HNTB E287125 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Henry N. Hoit
Henry N. Hoit was an American architect best known for his influential early 20th-century designs in Kansas City and for co-founding the engineering and architecture firm that became HNTB.
E1368458 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: Henry N. Hoit | Statement: [HNTB, foundedBy, Henry N. Hoit]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry N. Hoit
Context triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, Henry N. Hoit]
  • A. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • B. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • C. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • D. Warren K. Blodgett
    Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • E. William R. Hoel
    William R. Hoel was a U.S. Navy officer and riverboat pilot noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War.
  • 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: Henry N. Hoit
Triple: [HNTB, foundedBy, Henry N. Hoit]
Generated description
Henry N. Hoit was an American architect best known for his influential early 20th-century designs in Kansas City and for co-founding the engineering and architecture firm that became HNTB.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Henry N. Hoit
Target entity description: Henry N. Hoit was an American architect best known for his influential early 20th-century designs in Kansas City and for co-founding the engineering and architecture firm that became HNTB.
  • A. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • B. John L. Hines
    John L. Hines was a United States Army general who served as Army Chief of Staff in the 1920s and was a prominent commander during World War I.
  • C. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • D. Warren K. Blodgett
    Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • E. William R. Hoel
    William R. Hoel was a U.S. Navy officer and riverboat pilot noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War.
  • 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_69d6ab4780948190bdb9f7620c2ac27e completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9043dbccc8190bf9da181f826f0d8 completed April 10, 2026, 2:07 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a071433204c819086b3c7263352dc1b completed May 15, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0714c3099c81909b009fe952d0de81 completed May 15, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07152aafb48190a767005628c6380a completed May 15, 2026, 12:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:47 p.m.