Triple
T1034544
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William C. Redfield |
E22329
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Joshua W. Alexander
Joshua W. Alexander was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
|
E142375
|
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: Joshua W. Alexander | Statement: [William C. Redfield, succeededBy, Joshua W. Alexander]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joshua W. Alexander Context triple: [William C. Redfield, succeededBy, Joshua W. Alexander]
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A.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
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B.
James Mitchell
James Mitchell is a businessman best known as the founder of Southern Company, one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States.
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C.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
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D.
Jesse K. Dubois
Jesse K. Dubois was an Illinois politician and close ally of Abraham Lincoln who served as the state's auditor of public accounts in the mid-19th century.
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E.
Benjamin A. Smith II
Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
- 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: Joshua W. Alexander Triple: [William C. Redfield, succeededBy, Joshua W. Alexander]
Generated description
Joshua W. Alexander was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joshua W. Alexander Target entity description: Joshua W. Alexander was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Woodrow Wilson in the early 20th century.
-
A.
Jonathan M. Daniels
Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
-
B.
James Mitchell
James Mitchell is a businessman best known as the founder of Southern Company, one of the largest electric utility holding companies in the United States.
-
C.
Mark D. Bailey
Mark D. Bailey is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary.
-
D.
Jesse K. Dubois
Jesse K. Dubois was an Illinois politician and close ally of Abraham Lincoln who served as the state's auditor of public accounts in the mid-19th century.
-
E.
Benjamin A. Smith II
Benjamin A. Smith II was a Massachusetts politician and close friend of the Kennedy family who briefly served in the U.S. Senate before being succeeded by Edward M. Kennedy.
- 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_69a493d848848190aed4011b34b2e8d3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b814c16c8190ac4d20feecdadbae |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8f675824819091de0a83b2a6a0b3 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac8fecffc08190a2adb1cdc0cec77c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac9102fa2c8190a26fce804367ea58 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.