Triple
T1022832
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | United States Railroad Administration |
E22076
|
entity |
| Predicate | headOfGovernment |
P307
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walker D. Hines
Walker D. Hines was an American lawyer and government official who served as Director General of Railroads during the period of federal control of U.S. railroads in World War I.
|
E121800
|
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: Walker D. Hines | Statement: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernment, Walker D. Hines]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walker D. Hines Context triple: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernment, Walker D. Hines]
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A.
Benjamin Hooks
Benjamin Hooks was an American civil rights leader, attorney, minister, and former FCC commissioner best known for serving as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992.
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B.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
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C.
Lonnie Lynn
Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
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D.
Jessie James Combs
Jessie James Combs is one of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' sons, known publicly through his father's prominence in the music and entertainment industry.
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E.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
- 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: Walker D. Hines Triple: [United States Railroad Administration, headOfGovernment, Walker D. Hines]
Generated description
Walker D. Hines was an American lawyer and government official who served as Director General of Railroads during the period of federal control of U.S. railroads in World War I.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walker D. Hines Target entity description: Walker D. Hines was an American lawyer and government official who served as Director General of Railroads during the period of federal control of U.S. railroads in World War I.
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A.
Benjamin Hooks
Benjamin Hooks was an American civil rights leader, attorney, minister, and former FCC commissioner best known for serving as executive director of the NAACP from 1977 to 1992.
-
B.
Leon Henderson
Leon Henderson was an American economist and government official who played a key role in managing wartime price controls and rationing during World War II.
-
C.
Lonnie Lynn
Lonnie Lynn was an American jazz musician and poet best known as the father of rapper Common and for his spoken-word appearances on his son's albums.
-
D.
Jessie James Combs
Jessie James Combs is one of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs' sons, known publicly through his father's prominence in the music and entertainment industry.
-
E.
Earle Cabell
Earle Cabell was an American politician and businessman who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the early 1960s, including at the time of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination.
- 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_69a493d6e380819097b384986ffc315c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b7e0f8908190bfe0a4cd8b31dfed |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac3bb63f14819098f5e32af3b98508 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 2:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac3de4fbb88190855cf92af51fe70b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac3e45d9e88190bc88d037c00c3ecc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 3:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.