Triple

T21689472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Emerson family E535320 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William Emerson (architect)
William Emerson was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his institutional and academic buildings and for serving as the first dean of the MIT School of Architecture.
E1497044 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 Emerson (architect) | Statement: [Emerson family, notableMember, William Emerson (architect)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Emerson (architect)
Context triple: [Emerson family, notableMember, William Emerson (architect)]
  • A. William Le Baron Jenney
    William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer widely regarded as the "father of the skyscraper" for pioneering steel-frame construction in high-rise buildings.
  • B. Henry Hobson Richardson
    Henry Hobson Richardson was a pioneering 19th-century American architect renowned for developing the Richardsonian Romanesque style and designing landmark buildings across the United States.
  • C. Alexander Jackson Davis
    Alexander Jackson Davis was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his influential Greek Revival and Gothic Revival designs, including numerous public buildings and country houses.
  • D. Ogden Codman Jr.
    Ogden Codman Jr. was an influential American architect and interior decorator of the Gilded Age, known for his refined classical style and collaborations with prominent families such as the Vanderbilts.
  • E. James G. Langdon
    James G. Langdon is an architect best known for designing St David’s Hall, a prominent performing arts venue in Cardiff, Wales.
  • 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 Emerson (architect)
Triple: [Emerson family, notableMember, William Emerson (architect)]
Generated description
William Emerson was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his institutional and academic buildings and for serving as the first dean of the MIT School of Architecture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Emerson (architect)
Target entity description: William Emerson was a prominent American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for his institutional and academic buildings and for serving as the first dean of the MIT School of Architecture.
  • A. William Le Baron Jenney
    William Le Baron Jenney was an American architect and engineer widely regarded as the "father of the skyscraper" for pioneering steel-frame construction in high-rise buildings.
  • B. Henry Hobson Richardson
    Henry Hobson Richardson was a pioneering 19th-century American architect renowned for developing the Richardsonian Romanesque style and designing landmark buildings across the United States.
  • C. Alexander Jackson Davis
    Alexander Jackson Davis was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his influential Greek Revival and Gothic Revival designs, including numerous public buildings and country houses.
  • D. Ogden Codman Jr.
    Ogden Codman Jr. was an influential American architect and interior decorator of the Gilded Age, known for his refined classical style and collaborations with prominent families such as the Vanderbilts.
  • E. James G. Langdon
    James G. Langdon is an architect best known for designing St David’s Hall, a prominent performing arts venue in Cardiff, Wales.
  • 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_69e0c469b6ec8190aee4cadd1527db91 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef96ce2ff88190a6cbfff45bb6a04f completed April 27, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a1e23a7308190bb36c101760e46dc completed May 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1facb8a48190b61f8df03b38a939 completed May 17, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a202f4c6c8190b46839b2edab7b60 completed May 17, 2026, 8:08 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:44 p.m.