Triple

T20366940
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Jacob Astor III E496937 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Jacob
Jacob is the middle name of John Jacob Astor III, a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
E1426438 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: Jacob | Statement: [John Jacob Astor III, middleName, Jacob]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob
Context triple: [John Jacob Astor III, middleName, Jacob]
  • A. Jacob
    Jacob is the birth name of American actor, comedian, and musician Jack Black, known for his energetic performances in films like "School of Rock" and as the lead vocalist of Tenacious D.
  • B. Jacob
    Jacob is the birth name of legendary American comic book artist and writer Jack Kirby, a key creator of many iconic Marvel and DC superheroes.
  • C. Jacob
    Jacob is a common surname of Hebrew origin, widely used across many cultures and languages.
  • D. Jacob
    Jacob is a flamboyant and comedic supporting character in the musical "La Cage aux Folles," often portrayed as Albin and Georges’ high-strung, gender-bending maid or butler.
  • E. Jacob
    Jacob is the birth name of American actor Jake Gyllenhaal, known for his roles in films such as "Donnie Darko," "Brokeback Mountain," and "Nightcrawler."
  • 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: Jacob
Triple: [John Jacob Astor III, middleName, Jacob]
Generated description
Jacob is the middle name of John Jacob Astor III, a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jacob
Target entity description: Jacob is the middle name of John Jacob Astor III, a prominent 19th-century American financier and philanthropist from the wealthy Astor family.
  • A. Jacob
    Jacob is the middle name of Henry J. Friendly, a highly respected American federal appellate judge and legal scholar.
  • B. Jacob
    Jacob is the middle name of George Holyoake, a notable 19th-century English secularist and social reformer.
  • C. Jacob
    Jacob is the full first name of Jack Lew, the American attorney and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
  • D. Jacob
    Jacob is the birth name of American actor John Garfield, a prominent film star of the 1930s and 1940s known for his intense, naturalistic performances.
  • E. Jacob
    Jacob is a male given name of Hebrew origin commonly used in many English-speaking and international cultures.
  • 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_69e0b4a4f9b081908a5a021919c21ccb completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6787291d88190a526fe2461d2a7c6 completed April 20, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a087089e0408190be8394376cdec110 completed May 16, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a087129ce3c8190a67ac34ec697ad31 completed May 16, 2026, 1:29 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0871e3573c81908216b5e508374081 completed May 16, 2026, 1:32 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:26 a.m.