Triple
T10523390
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Will Durant |
E248230
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William James Durant
William James Durant was an American historian, philosopher, and writer best known for co-authoring the multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
|
E871259
|
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 James Durant | Statement: [Will Durant, fullName, William James Durant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William James Durant Context triple: [Will Durant, fullName, William James Durant]
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A.
William C. Durant
William C. Durant was an American automobile pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and early leader of General Motors and Chevrolet.
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B.
Henry Fowle Durant
Henry Fowle Durant was a 19th-century American lawyer, philanthropist, and educational reformer best known for establishing Wellesley College as a pioneering institution for women's higher education.
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C.
Ransom E. Olds
Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer and industrialist who helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States.
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D.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and pioneer of modern assembly-line mass production who revolutionized the automobile industry and made cars affordable to the general public.
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E.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
- 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 James Durant Triple: [Will Durant, fullName, William James Durant]
Generated description
William James Durant was an American historian, philosopher, and writer best known for co-authoring the multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William James Durant Target entity description: William James Durant was an American historian, philosopher, and writer best known for co-authoring the multi-volume series "The Story of Civilization" with his wife, Ariel Durant.
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A.
William C. Durant
William C. Durant was an American automobile pioneer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and early leader of General Motors and Chevrolet.
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B.
Henry Fowle Durant
Henry Fowle Durant was a 19th-century American lawyer, philanthropist, and educational reformer best known for establishing Wellesley College as a pioneering institution for women's higher education.
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C.
Ransom E. Olds
Ransom E. Olds was an American automotive pioneer and industrialist who helped launch the mass-produced automobile era in the United States.
-
D.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and pioneer of modern assembly-line mass production who revolutionized the automobile industry and made cars affordable to the general public.
-
E.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
- 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_69d381c5c7448190bec34bee7ec72bac |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d509e155b08190996325bf484ec55d |
completed | April 7, 2026, 1:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d933f2d9e48190a4c5d5d5bdc0d7d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:31 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d938c697f481908a93296ee7f82eae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:52 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d940176c988190b7583ce9f2c21898 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 6:23 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:29 p.m.