Triple

T19806075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Patton Preston E475813 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object William Preston
William Preston was an 18th-century Irish-born American frontiersman, surveyor, and colonial Virginia political and military leader influential in the settlement of the Appalachian frontier.
E1399696 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 Preston | Statement: [James Patton Preston, father, William Preston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Preston
Context triple: [James Patton Preston, father, William Preston]
  • A. William Preston
    William Preston was a notable figure significant enough in regional or local history that the town of Preston, Georgia, was named in his honor.
  • B. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • C. Waightstill Avery
    Waightstill Avery was an American Revolutionary-era lawyer and politician who served as North Carolina’s first attorney general.
  • D. William Ellery
    William Ellery was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
  • E. Thomas Preston
    Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
  • 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 Preston
Triple: [James Patton Preston, father, William Preston]
Generated description
William Preston was an 18th-century Irish-born American frontiersman, surveyor, and colonial Virginia political and military leader influential in the settlement of the Appalachian frontier.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Preston
Target entity description: William Preston was an 18th-century Irish-born American frontiersman, surveyor, and colonial Virginia political and military leader influential in the settlement of the Appalachian frontier.
  • A. William Preston
    William Preston was a notable figure significant enough in regional or local history that the town of Preston, Georgia, was named in his honor.
  • B. George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge was a British character actor known for his frequent roles in mid-20th-century horror and comedy films, often portraying genial or rustic supporting characters.
  • C. Waightstill Avery
    Waightstill Avery was an American Revolutionary-era lawyer and politician who served as North Carolina’s first attorney general.
  • D. William Ellery
    William Ellery was an American Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island.
  • E. Thomas Preston
    Thomas Preston was a 17th-century Irish soldier and nobleman who became a leading general of the Confederate Catholic forces during the Irish Confederate Wars.
  • 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_69d8e51bc4208190a1c57d8c5d1b15e4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e65428081c8190b394c442f4c2a9a6 completed April 20, 2026, 4:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07dbb522488190bda92082bed544ec completed May 16, 2026, 2:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07dc854a0c8190b0da81ead6b9cfc1 completed May 16, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07dd45e93c8190b14c23487398a8ec completed May 16, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:49 p.m.