Triple

T10609004
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ralph J. Rivers E275954 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object Howard W. Pollock
Howard W. Pollock was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alaska.
E1111734 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: Howard W. Pollock | Statement: [Ralph J. Rivers, succeededBy, Howard W. Pollock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard W. Pollock
Context triple: [Ralph J. Rivers, succeededBy, Howard W. Pollock]
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Charles T. Brumback
    Charles T. Brumback was an American media executive best known for serving as a top leader, including CEO, of the Tribune Company, the major newspaper and broadcasting conglomerate.
  • C. Warren K. Blodgett
    Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • D. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • E. Elbert A. Smith
    Elbert A. Smith was an American religious leader and writer who served as a prominent apostle and later Presiding Patriarch in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
  • 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: Howard W. Pollock
Triple: [Ralph J. Rivers, succeededBy, Howard W. Pollock]
Generated description
Howard W. Pollock was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alaska.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard W. Pollock
Target entity description: Howard W. Pollock was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Alaska.
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Charles T. Brumback
    Charles T. Brumback was an American media executive best known for serving as a top leader, including CEO, of the Tribune Company, the major newspaper and broadcasting conglomerate.
  • C. Warren K. Blodgett
    Warren K. Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a namesake or prominent bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • D. Franklin H. Martin
    Franklin H. Martin was an American surgeon and medical leader best known for founding and guiding the development of the American College of Surgeons.
  • E. Elbert A. Smith
    Elbert A. Smith was an American religious leader and writer who served as a prominent apostle and later Presiding Patriarch in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
  • 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_69d6aaf948d88190806cc3a8c47a3fb2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6df4d0a6881909fea20378085173d completed April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fdd5b2fb308190ab041a9cfe39087c completed May 8, 2026, 12:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fdd75d410481909a33799507689f21 completed May 8, 2026, 12:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fdd7ddc1d88190bc56b1603093a5db completed May 8, 2026, 12:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 7:32 p.m.