Triple

T13157978
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barlow Road E312641 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Samuel K. Barlow
Samuel K. Barlow was a 19th-century American pioneer best known for establishing the Barlow Road, a crucial overland route that provided settlers an alternative to the Columbia River segment of the Oregon Trail.
E1122333 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: Samuel K. Barlow | Statement: [Barlow Road, namedAfter, Samuel K. Barlow]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel K. Barlow
Context triple: [Barlow Road, namedAfter, Samuel K. Barlow]
  • A. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Henry G. Morse
    Henry G. Morse was an American industrialist and shipbuilder best known as the founder of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, once one of the largest and most advanced shipyards in the United States.
  • 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. Alfred H. Terry
    Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
  • 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: Samuel K. Barlow
Triple: [Barlow Road, namedAfter, Samuel K. Barlow]
Generated description
Samuel K. Barlow was a 19th-century American pioneer best known for establishing the Barlow Road, a crucial overland route that provided settlers an alternative to the Columbia River segment of the Oregon Trail.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel K. Barlow
Target entity description: Samuel K. Barlow was a 19th-century American pioneer best known for establishing the Barlow Road, a crucial overland route that provided settlers an alternative to the Columbia River segment of the Oregon Trail.
  • A. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Henry G. Morse
    Henry G. Morse was an American industrialist and shipbuilder best known as the founder of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, once one of the largest and most advanced shipyards in the United States.
  • 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. Alfred H. Terry
    Alfred H. Terry was a Union Army general during the American Civil War, best known for leading the successful assault on Fort Fisher in 1865.
  • 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_69d806aabde48190899e13e41659cae5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98c084028819093bc4e94d53b4f17 completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe387a261c8190a9ac11d6e4e7b29c completed May 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe50fc9cd8819096f462d42c32649d completed May 8, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe51564acc8190b2ebe89183f2b549 completed May 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:12 p.m.