Triple

T20507875
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Missouri–Iowa border E503481 entity
Predicate surveyedBy P6157 FINISHED
Object John C. Sullivan
John C. Sullivan was a 19th-century American surveyor best known for establishing the original boundary line between Missouri and Iowa, commonly called the Sullivan Line.
E1436420 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: John C. Sullivan | Statement: [Missouri–Iowa border, surveyedBy, John C. Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Sullivan
Context triple: [Missouri–Iowa border, surveyedBy, John C. Sullivan]
  • A. John E. Sullivan
    John E. Sullivan was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Parklawn Memorial Park.
  • B. Joseph "Sport" Sullivan
    Joseph "Sport" Sullivan was a Boston-based professional gambler best known for helping to orchestrate the fixing of the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • C. John Lawrence Sullivan
    John Lawrence Sullivan was a legendary 19th-century American heavyweight boxer, often regarded as the last bare-knuckle champion and one of the first sports celebrities in the United States.
  • D. John McKinly
    John McKinly was an American physician, Revolutionary War-era politician, and the first president (governor) of Delaware.
  • E. John J. Eagan
    John J. Eagan was a New Jersey politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative in the early 20th century.
  • 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: John C. Sullivan
Triple: [Missouri–Iowa border, surveyedBy, John C. Sullivan]
Generated description
John C. Sullivan was a 19th-century American surveyor best known for establishing the original boundary line between Missouri and Iowa, commonly called the Sullivan Line.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Sullivan
Target entity description: John C. Sullivan was a 19th-century American surveyor best known for establishing the original boundary line between Missouri and Iowa, commonly called the Sullivan Line.
  • A. John E. Sullivan
    John E. Sullivan was an individual of sufficient local or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Parklawn Memorial Park.
  • B. Joseph "Sport" Sullivan
    Joseph "Sport" Sullivan was a Boston-based professional gambler best known for helping to orchestrate the fixing of the 1919 World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • C. John Lawrence Sullivan
    John Lawrence Sullivan was a legendary 19th-century American heavyweight boxer, often regarded as the last bare-knuckle champion and one of the first sports celebrities in the United States.
  • D. John McKinly
    John McKinly was an American physician, Revolutionary War-era politician, and the first president (governor) of Delaware.
  • E. John J. Eagan
    John J. Eagan was a New Jersey politician who served as a Democratic U.S. Representative in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69e0b4b1e52c8190894281cf7e3283ab completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e69dc8f3c881908ed2e0257a057e73 completed April 20, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a089d34c4ac8190a4ff8d8442dac927 completed May 16, 2026, 4:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a089dc1a5688190ba700d78fb1b1940 completed May 16, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08a16aa21c8190aa7d79578aca0698 completed May 16, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:36 a.m.