Triple

T18056663
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ames family estate E432055 entity
Predicate associatedPerson P2308 FINISHED
Object Frederick Lothrop Ames
Frederick Lothrop Ames was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive, financier, and one of the wealthiest men in New England, known for his extensive business interests and philanthropy.
E1399155 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: Frederick Lothrop Ames | Statement: [Ames family estate, associatedPerson, Frederick Lothrop Ames]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Lothrop Ames
Context triple: [Ames family estate, associatedPerson, Frederick Lothrop Ames]
  • A. Edgar Ames
    Edgar Ames was a 19th-century American businessman and politician from Missouri who served as the state's lieutenant governor.
  • B. Frederick P. Hamlin
    Frederick P. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Hamlin.
  • C. Adelbert Ames Jr.
    Adelbert Ames Jr. was an American scientist and artist best known for his influential work in visual perception and optical illusions, including the creation of the Ames room.
  • D. E. Preston Ames
    E. Preston Ames was an American art director known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, particularly large-scale musicals and epics of the mid-20th century.
  • E. Alonzo D. Lothrop
    Alonzo D. Lothrop was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop.
  • 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: Frederick Lothrop Ames
Triple: [Ames family estate, associatedPerson, Frederick Lothrop Ames]
Generated description
Frederick Lothrop Ames was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive, financier, and one of the wealthiest men in New England, known for his extensive business interests and philanthropy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Frederick Lothrop Ames
Target entity description: Frederick Lothrop Ames was a prominent 19th-century American railroad executive, financier, and one of the wealthiest men in New England, known for his extensive business interests and philanthropy.
  • A. Edgar Ames
    Edgar Ames was a 19th-century American businessman and politician from Missouri who served as the state's lieutenant governor.
  • B. Frederick P. Hamlin
    Frederick P. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or distinguished bearer of the surname Hamlin.
  • C. Adelbert Ames Jr.
    Adelbert Ames Jr. was an American scientist and artist best known for his influential work in visual perception and optical illusions, including the creation of the Ames room.
  • D. E. Preston Ames
    E. Preston Ames was an American art director known for his work on numerous Hollywood films, particularly large-scale musicals and epics of the mid-20th century.
  • E. Alonzo D. Lothrop
    Alonzo D. Lothrop was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the prominent Washington, D.C. department store Woodward & Lothrop.
  • 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_69d8b906482481908183315b9ecf9994 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4c102d08081908d2419c898213400 completed April 19, 2026, 11:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07d41e00d88190a0cf2c1dd598f551 completed May 16, 2026, 2:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07d81e5bc881909b109afa7cf71384 completed May 16, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07d91c50648190a2a9f13daad545fd completed May 16, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:26 a.m.