Triple
T9078791
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rantoul, Illinois |
E217559
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Rantoul Jr.
Robert Rantoul Jr. was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and reformer known for his advocacy of legal and social reforms, including opposition to capital punishment and the Fugitive Slave Act.
|
E790610
|
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 Rantoul Jr. | Statement: [Rantoul, Illinois, namedAfter, Robert Rantoul Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Rantoul Jr. Context triple: [Rantoul, Illinois, namedAfter, Robert Rantoul Jr.]
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A.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne Pell was a long-serving U.S. senator from Rhode Island best known for championing federal financial aid for college students and sponsoring the legislation that created the Pell Grant program.
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B.
J. Millard Tawes
J. Millard Tawes was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Maryland and was known for his long tenure in state public service.
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C.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
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D.
George F. Edmunds
George F. Edmunds was a 19th-century American Republican senator from Vermont known for his influential role in federal legislation, including efforts to curb polygamy and shape Reconstruction-era and civil service reforms.
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E.
Edwards Pierrepont
Edwards Pierrepont was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and later Minister to the United Kingdom in the 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: Robert Rantoul Jr. Triple: [Rantoul, Illinois, namedAfter, Robert Rantoul Jr.]
Generated description
Robert Rantoul Jr. was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and reformer known for his advocacy of legal and social reforms, including opposition to capital punishment and the Fugitive Slave Act.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Rantoul Jr. Target entity description: Robert Rantoul Jr. was a 19th-century American lawyer, politician, and reformer known for his advocacy of legal and social reforms, including opposition to capital punishment and the Fugitive Slave Act.
-
A.
Claiborne Pell
Claiborne Pell was a long-serving U.S. senator from Rhode Island best known for championing federal financial aid for college students and sponsoring the legislation that created the Pell Grant program.
-
B.
J. Millard Tawes
J. Millard Tawes was a mid-20th-century American politician who served as governor of Maryland and was known for his long tenure in state public service.
-
C.
William Platt
William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
-
D.
George F. Edmunds
George F. Edmunds was a 19th-century American Republican senator from Vermont known for his influential role in federal legislation, including efforts to curb polygamy and shape Reconstruction-era and civil service reforms.
-
E.
Edwards Pierrepont
Edwards Pierrepont was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as U.S. Attorney General and later Minister to the United Kingdom in the 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_69ca83d6c14c8190bc056d927f00a2a2 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc95c93ee48190842623b57e50f4cf |
completed | April 1, 2026, 3:49 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0b1877fd48190ad33df32bcd93e13 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0b3a2b6f481908b0528f6fa67535b |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0b7944adc819080b3a90878dd7203 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:12 p.m.