Triple

T9129817
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Custis family E219054 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object John Custis III
John Custis III was a prominent 17th- and early 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and member of the colonial elite in what became the United States.
E779383 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 Custis III | Statement: [Custis family, hasNotableMember, John Custis III]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Custis III
Context triple: [Custis family, hasNotableMember, John Custis III]
  • A. John Custis II
    John Custis II was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and political figure who helped establish the Custis family’s wealth and influence in colonial America.
  • B. George Champlin Mason
    George Champlin Mason was a 19th-century American architect and author known for his influential work in Newport, Rhode Island’s architectural and historical heritage.
  • C. Thomas Jefferson Randolph
    Thomas Jefferson Randolph was a 19th-century American planter, politician, and the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, known for editing and publishing his grandfather’s papers.
  • D. George Washington Parke Custis
    George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
  • E. John Wayles
    John Wayles was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and slave trader best known as the father of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson and the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
  • 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 Custis III
Triple: [Custis family, hasNotableMember, John Custis III]
Generated description
John Custis III was a prominent 17th- and early 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and member of the colonial elite in what became the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Custis III
Target entity description: John Custis III was a prominent 17th- and early 18th-century Virginia planter, politician, and member of the colonial elite in what became the United States.
  • A. John Custis II chosen
    John Custis II was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and political figure who helped establish the Custis family’s wealth and influence in colonial America.
  • B. George Champlin Mason
    George Champlin Mason was a 19th-century American architect and author known for his influential work in Newport, Rhode Island’s architectural and historical heritage.
  • C. Thomas Jefferson Randolph
    Thomas Jefferson Randolph was a 19th-century American planter, politician, and the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, known for editing and publishing his grandfather’s papers.
  • D. George Washington Parke Custis
    George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.
  • E. John Wayles
    John Wayles was an 18th-century Virginia planter, lawyer, and slave trader best known as the father of Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson and the father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca83debfc0819095800583e97ab10f completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cca8cdafb48190be5e62b15779d771 completed April 1, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d047cf8f408190bfffadb803cb4513 completed April 3, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0497cee888190aa44e89b1fc04dd6 completed April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d049ced7ac8190b1ec46a1e3348e37 completed April 3, 2026, 11:14 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:18 p.m.