Triple

T10100716
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shields–Watkins Field E216190 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William Leonidas Shields
William Leonidas Shields was a prominent benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose support led to the university’s football stadium being named in his honor.
E841908 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 Leonidas Shields | Statement: [Shields–Watkins Field, namedAfter, William Leonidas Shields]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Leonidas Shields
Context triple: [Shields–Watkins Field, namedAfter, William Leonidas Shields]
  • A. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • B. Frank Warfield
    Frank Warfield was an American Negro league infielder and manager known for his strong defensive play and leadership during the early 20th century.
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Aaron Montgomery Ward
    Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman and pioneer of mail-order retailing who founded the Montgomery Ward department store company in the late 19th century.
  • E. Alvan Adams
    Alvan Adams is a former American professional basketball player best known as a versatile center/forward for the Phoenix Suns during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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 Leonidas Shields
Triple: [Shields–Watkins Field, namedAfter, William Leonidas Shields]
Generated description
William Leonidas Shields was a prominent benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose support led to the university’s football stadium being named in his honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Leonidas Shields
Target entity description: William Leonidas Shields was a prominent benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose support led to the university’s football stadium being named in his honor.
  • A. James Caldwell
    James Caldwell was one of the colonial civilians killed by British soldiers during the 1770 Boston Massacre, an event that helped fuel anti-British sentiment before the American Revolution.
  • B. Frank Warfield
    Frank Warfield was an American Negro league infielder and manager known for his strong defensive play and leadership during the early 20th century.
  • C. Winston Hibler
    Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, producer, and narrator best known for his long association with Walt Disney Studios, where he contributed to classic animated features and nature documentaries.
  • D. Aaron Montgomery Ward
    Aaron Montgomery Ward was an American businessman and pioneer of mail-order retailing who founded the Montgomery Ward department store company in the late 19th century.
  • E. Alvan Adams
    Alvan Adams is a former American professional basketball player best known as a versatile center/forward for the Phoenix Suns during the 1970s and 1980s.
  • 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_69ca83d039f08190b9d10363221c69fb completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdd09878f88190bcfa2c81fb10e821 completed April 2, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d2cbeef9a08190a2267f6c7de81170 completed April 5, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d2cd8d611c81909085b3290eb54d16 completed April 5, 2026, 9:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d2ce686da48190b32a2053b94f1d48 completed April 5, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:02 p.m.