Triple

T17323423
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Caroline Norton E420621 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object William Norton
William Norton was a 19th-century British child of the writer and social reformer Caroline Norton, known primarily through his connection to her influential legal and personal history.
E1262957 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 Norton | Statement: [Caroline Norton, child, William Norton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Norton
Context triple: [Caroline Norton, child, William Norton]
  • A. John Alden
    John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
  • B. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • C. John Bradstreet
    John Bradstreet was a British officer and colonial American military leader best known for his role in the French and Indian War, particularly the successful 1758 expedition against Fort Frontenac.
  • D. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • E. Rufus Putnam
    Rufus Putnam was an American Revolutionary War officer and surveyor known as the “Father of the Northwest Territory” for his leading role in settling and organizing the Ohio Country.
  • 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 Norton
Triple: [Caroline Norton, child, William Norton]
Generated description
William Norton was a 19th-century British child of the writer and social reformer Caroline Norton, known primarily through his connection to her influential legal and personal history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Norton
Target entity description: William Norton was a 19th-century British child of the writer and social reformer Caroline Norton, known primarily through his connection to her influential legal and personal history.
  • A. John Alden
    John Alden was an English cooper and early settler of Plymouth Colony, best known as one of the original Mayflower passengers and a prominent figure in early New England history.
  • B. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • C. John Bradstreet
    John Bradstreet was a British officer and colonial American military leader best known for his role in the French and Indian War, particularly the successful 1758 expedition against Fort Frontenac.
  • D. Edward Winslow
    Edward Winslow was an English Separatist leader and diplomat who became a prominent governor of Plymouth Colony and an important figure in early New England history.
  • E. Rufus Putnam
    Rufus Putnam was an American Revolutionary War officer and surveyor known as the “Father of the Northwest Territory” for his leading role in settling and organizing the Ohio Country.
  • 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_69d889d22b848190a4663d0b8f8f76e7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e439d0cf2481908a018593ef39fd18 completed April 19, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a018c4a6630819082998cf754e8361f completed May 11, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a018ccb69cc8190b89a1d8edd3987a0 completed May 11, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a018ea5b7b081908f638608f094ad29 completed May 11, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m.