Triple

T18425474
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Illinois and Michigan Canal E442127 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object William Gooding
William Gooding was a 19th-century American engineer best known for designing and overseeing the construction of major canal infrastructure in the Midwest.
 E1324826 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 Gooding | Statement: [Illinois and Michigan Canal, architect, William Gooding]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gooding
Context triple: [Illinois and Michigan Canal, architect, William Gooding]
  • A. Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
  • B. Robert Joy
    Robert Joy is a Canadian actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including his work on the crime drama series CSI: NY.
  • C. Stephen McKinley Henderson
    Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American character actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the 2021 adaptation of "Dune."
  • D. Troy Garity
    Troy Garity is an American actor known for roles in films such as "Barbershop," "Soldier's Girl," and "Sunshine," as well as for being the son of actress Jane Fonda.
  • E. Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield was an American actor known for his powerful performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in works like "Sounder" and "The Terminator."
  • 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 Gooding
Triple: [Illinois and Michigan Canal, architect, William Gooding]
Generated description
William Gooding was a 19th-century American engineer best known for designing and overseeing the construction of major canal infrastructure in the Midwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Gooding
Target entity description: William Gooding was a 19th-century American engineer best known for designing and overseeing the construction of major canal infrastructure in the Midwest.
  • A. Jeffrey Jones
    Jeffrey Jones is an American character actor best known for his roles in films such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Beetlejuice," and "Amadeus."
  • B. Robert Joy
    Robert Joy is a Canadian actor best known for his character roles in film and television, including his work on the crime drama series CSI: NY.
  • C. Stephen McKinley Henderson
    Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American character actor known for his acclaimed work in film, television, and theater, including a supporting role in the 2021 adaptation of "Dune."
  • D. Troy Garity
    Troy Garity is an American actor known for roles in films such as "Barbershop," "Soldier's Girl," and "Sunshine," as well as for being the son of actress Jane Fonda.
  • E. Paul Winfield
    Paul Winfield was an American actor known for his powerful performances in film and television, including acclaimed roles in works like "Sounder" and "The Terminator."
  • 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_69d8b9eb8a508190a942fd75ebd8b1dc completed April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e51b12606081908ea320fd8d5554c6 completed April 19, 2026, 6:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a040fd724dc8190a61022ce765879e9 completed May 13, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0410a8db388190af4133c7c6cc339f completed May 13, 2026, 5:48 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a04113290348190a3d188c9198fa8cc completed May 13, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:47 a.m.