Triple

T20662879
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alvan Clark E507800 entity
Predicate hasChild P369 FINISHED
Object George Bassett Clark
George Bassett Clark was a 19th-century American optician and telescope maker who continued and expanded the renowned astronomical instrument business founded by his father, Alvan Clark.
E1456146 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: George Bassett Clark | Statement: [Alvan Clark, hasChild, George Bassett Clark]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Bassett Clark
Context triple: [Alvan Clark, hasChild, George Bassett Clark]
  • A. William Robinson Clark
    William Robinson Clark was a Scottish-born theologian and academic who became a prominent professor of systematic theology at the University of Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Edward Clark
    Edward Clark was a member of the prominent Clark family associated with American industrial wealth and art patronage.
  • C. Edward Clark
    Edward Clark was an American architect and public official best known for serving as Architect of the Capitol, overseeing major expansions and renovations of the United States Capitol building in the 19th century.
  • D. W. C. Clark
    W. C. Clark is an American blues musician and singer-songwriter often called the "Godfather of Austin Blues" for his influential role in the Texas blues scene.
  • E. Randolph Clark
    Randolph Clark was an American educator and co-founder of Texas Christian University, instrumental in shaping higher education in Texas in the late 19th 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: George Bassett Clark
Triple: [Alvan Clark, hasChild, George Bassett Clark]
Generated description
George Bassett Clark was a 19th-century American optician and telescope maker who continued and expanded the renowned astronomical instrument business founded by his father, Alvan Clark.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Bassett Clark
Target entity description: George Bassett Clark was a 19th-century American optician and telescope maker who continued and expanded the renowned astronomical instrument business founded by his father, Alvan Clark.
  • A. William Robinson Clark
    William Robinson Clark was a Scottish-born theologian and academic who became a prominent professor of systematic theology at the University of Toronto in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Edward Clark
    Edward Clark was a member of the prominent Clark family associated with American industrial wealth and art patronage.
  • C. Edward Clark
    Edward Clark was an American architect and public official best known for serving as Architect of the Capitol, overseeing major expansions and renovations of the United States Capitol building in the 19th century.
  • D. W. C. Clark
    W. C. Clark is an American blues musician and singer-songwriter often called the "Godfather of Austin Blues" for his influential role in the Texas blues scene.
  • E. Randolph Clark
    Randolph Clark was an American educator and co-founder of Texas Christian University, instrumental in shaping higher education in Texas in the late 19th 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_69e0b4c059bc81908ea762cd73ea4424 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6b2f4872481908858eb88ce89dd47 completed April 20, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918b6f4788190838893fac16ab4cf completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0919608d148190aaf1abee12fe8935 completed May 17, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0919f58008819097e05a187ed4b3de completed May 17, 2026, 1:29 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:44 a.m.