Triple

T19152984
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trent Affair E468854 entity
Predicate involvedPerson P1256 FINISHED
Object James Murray Mason
James Murray Mason was a 19th-century American politician and Confederate diplomat best known for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War.
E1360750 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: James Murray Mason | Statement: [Trent Affair, involvedPerson, James Murray Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Murray Mason
Context triple: [Trent Affair, involvedPerson, James Murray Mason]
  • A. James Mason
    James Mason was a distinguished English actor known for his smooth voice and nuanced performances in classic films such as "A Star Is Born," "North by Northwest," and "Lolita."
  • B. William Claude Rains
    William Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "The Invisible Man," "Casablanca," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
  • C. James Duke Mason
    James Duke Mason is an American writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and political advocate, known in part as the son of singer Belinda Carlisle.
  • D. Frederick March
    Frederick March was a British sculptor and member of the notable March family of artists, active in the early 20th century.
  • E. E. G. Marshall
    E. G. Marshall was an American character actor known for his authoritative, dignified roles in film, television, and theater, including prominent performances in works like "12 Angry Men" and various acclaimed TV dramas.
  • 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: James Murray Mason
Triple: [Trent Affair, involvedPerson, James Murray Mason]
Generated description
James Murray Mason was a 19th-century American politician and Confederate diplomat best known for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Murray Mason
Target entity description: James Murray Mason was a 19th-century American politician and Confederate diplomat best known for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War.
  • A. James Mason
    James Mason was a distinguished English actor known for his smooth voice and nuanced performances in classic films such as "A Star Is Born," "North by Northwest," and "Lolita."
  • B. William Claude Rains
    William Claude Rains was a distinguished British-American character actor renowned for his roles in classic films such as "The Invisible Man," "Casablanca," and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."
  • C. James Duke Mason
    James Duke Mason is an American writer, LGBTQ+ activist, and political advocate, known in part as the son of singer Belinda Carlisle.
  • D. Frederick March
    Frederick March was a British sculptor and member of the notable March family of artists, active in the early 20th century.
  • E. E. G. Marshall
    E. G. Marshall was an American character actor known for his authoritative, dignified roles in film, television, and theater, including prominent performances in works like "12 Angry Men" and various acclaimed TV dramas.
  • 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_69d8dd084ff48190ac0f8c46ee722629 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5eeb7575c8190b52a9d2bde5ac288 completed April 20, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a06f256821081908b69afd367040866 completed May 15, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a06f303c4fc8190a9a972dd1561bc84 completed May 15, 2026, 10:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a06f4039ca881908679e5da604eea50 completed May 15, 2026, 10:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:06 p.m.