Triple

T21043704
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Kissam Vanderbilt II E518392 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object William Kissam Vanderbilt III
William Kissam Vanderbilt III was an American heir of the prominent Vanderbilt family and a noted yachtsman and sportsman in the early 20th century.
E1467483 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 Kissam Vanderbilt III | Statement: [William Kissam Vanderbilt II, child, William Kissam Vanderbilt III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kissam Vanderbilt III
Context triple: [William Kissam Vanderbilt II, child, William Kissam Vanderbilt III]
  • A. William Kissam Vanderbilt II
    William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
  • B. William Kissam Vanderbilt
    William Kissam Vanderbilt was a prominent American railroad heir and businessman of the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age.
  • C. William Henry Vanderbilt III
    William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
  • D. William Henry Vanderbilt II
    William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
  • E. William Henry Vanderbilt IV
    William Henry Vanderbilt IV was an American newspaper publisher and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his role in media and his inheritance of one of the nation’s great fortunes.
  • 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 Kissam Vanderbilt III
Triple: [William Kissam Vanderbilt II, child, William Kissam Vanderbilt III]
Generated description
William Kissam Vanderbilt III was an American heir of the prominent Vanderbilt family and a noted yachtsman and sportsman in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kissam Vanderbilt III
Target entity description: William Kissam Vanderbilt III was an American heir of the prominent Vanderbilt family and a noted yachtsman and sportsman in the early 20th century.
  • A. William Kissam Vanderbilt II
    William Kissam Vanderbilt II was an American heir of the Vanderbilt family, noted as a yachtsman, automobile enthusiast, and philanthropist who amassed significant collections that later formed the basis of the Vanderbilt Museum.
  • B. William Kissam Vanderbilt
    William Kissam Vanderbilt was a prominent American railroad heir and businessman of the wealthy Vanderbilt family during the Gilded Age.
  • C. William Henry Vanderbilt III
    William Henry Vanderbilt III was an American politician and businessman who served as the 59th Governor of Rhode Island from 1939 to 1941 and was a prominent member of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
  • D. William Henry Vanderbilt II
    William Henry Vanderbilt II was a member of the prominent Vanderbilt family and the son of Gilded Age socialite Alice Claypoole Vanderbilt.
  • E. William Henry Vanderbilt IV
    William Henry Vanderbilt IV was an American newspaper publisher and member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, known for his role in media and his inheritance of one of the nation’s great fortunes.
  • 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_69e0b50438e08190917e2538bb8bc034 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6fcf1950081908ff9fe8719e1e81b completed April 21, 2026, 4:28 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0965d34b44819082edbb8f38cba488 completed May 17, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0966a973c88190a80dea4cac560614 completed May 17, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09671c01a08190a9034fdb91119c3f completed May 17, 2026, 6:58 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:19 p.m.