Triple

T20388961
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meadville, Pennsylvania E498033 entity
Predicate hasNotablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object Robert L. Thoburn
Robert L. Thoburn was an American educator and politician known for his advocacy of Christian education and involvement in conservative politics.
E1531479 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: Robert L. Thoburn | Statement: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, Robert L. Thoburn]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Thoburn
Context triple: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, Robert L. Thoburn]
  • A. Howard H. Thomson
    Howard H. Thomson was an architect best known for designing Edinburgh’s prominent concert venue, the Usher Hall.
  • B. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • C. Angus L. Bowmer
    Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
  • D. Ernest T. Weir
    Ernest T. Weir was an American industrialist and steel magnate who co-founded and led the Weirton Steel Company, playing a major role in the development of Weirton, West Virginia.
  • E. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • 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: Robert L. Thoburn
Triple: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, Robert L. Thoburn]
Generated description
Robert L. Thoburn was an American educator and politician known for his advocacy of Christian education and involvement in conservative politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert L. Thoburn
Target entity description: Robert L. Thoburn was an American educator and politician known for his advocacy of Christian education and involvement in conservative politics.
  • A. Howard H. Thomson
    Howard H. Thomson was an architect best known for designing Edinburgh’s prominent concert venue, the Usher Hall.
  • B. Norman Z. McLeod
    Norman Z. McLeod was an American film director best known for his work on classic Hollywood comedies in the 1930s and 1940s, including films with the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields.
  • C. Angus L. Bowmer
    Angus L. Bowmer was an American theater director and educator best known as the visionary founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, one of the most prominent regional theater companies in the United States.
  • D. Ernest T. Weir
    Ernest T. Weir was an American industrialist and steel magnate who co-founded and led the Weirton Steel Company, playing a major role in the development of Weirton, West Virginia.
  • E. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6790d9e5881908bde7da9e5e541a0 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0ad50108b08190987795538b795d5c completed May 18, 2026, 8:59 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0ad991a1e48190ad240a20694223fc completed May 18, 2026, 9:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0ada2a61b881908a636b2d1d6e4509 completed May 18, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.