Triple
T10657019
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arland D. Williams Jr. |
E251117
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Arland Dean Williams Jr.
Arland Dean Williams Jr. was an American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 who became known for repeatedly passing rescue lines to others in the freezing Potomac River, sacrificing his own life to save fellow survivors.
|
E879998
|
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: Arland Dean Williams Jr. | Statement: [Arland D. Williams Jr., fullName, Arland Dean Williams Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arland Dean Williams Jr. Context triple: [Arland D. Williams Jr., fullName, Arland Dean Williams Jr.]
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A.
Willie Williams
Willie Williams is a renowned show designer and lighting director best known for his innovative work on major concert tours, particularly with the rock band U2.
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B.
Len Williams
Len Williams was a British classical guitar teacher and promoter best known as the father and early mentor of renowned guitarist John Williams.
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C.
Brian Douglas Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is an American television journalist best known for anchoring NBC Nightly News and later hosting "The 11th Hour" on MSNBC.
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D.
Russell Tyrone Jones
Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, best known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard.
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E.
Mike Williams
Mike Williams is a Swedish computer scientist best known as one of the creators of the Erlang programming language.
- 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: Arland Dean Williams Jr. Triple: [Arland D. Williams Jr., fullName, Arland Dean Williams Jr.]
Generated description
Arland Dean Williams Jr. was an American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 who became known for repeatedly passing rescue lines to others in the freezing Potomac River, sacrificing his own life to save fellow survivors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arland Dean Williams Jr. Target entity description: Arland Dean Williams Jr. was an American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 who became known for repeatedly passing rescue lines to others in the freezing Potomac River, sacrificing his own life to save fellow survivors.
-
A.
Willie Williams
Willie Williams is a renowned show designer and lighting director best known for his innovative work on major concert tours, particularly with the rock band U2.
-
B.
Len Williams
Len Williams was a British classical guitar teacher and promoter best known as the father and early mentor of renowned guitarist John Williams.
-
C.
Brian Douglas Williams
Brian Douglas Williams is an American television journalist best known for anchoring NBC Nightly News and later hosting "The 11th Hour" on MSNBC.
-
D.
Russell Tyrone Jones
Russell Tyrone Jones was an American rapper and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, best known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard.
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E.
Mike Williams
Mike Williams is a Swedish computer scientist best known as one of the creators of the Erlang programming language.
- 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_69d6aa5a4c4881908f39be6efe5981e5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d6e0157dbc81909ef7d61f65b2fd93 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d998af75588190bb9bb749460c5766 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d99e8312188190bec3090f34a7b9b9 |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d99f50e0888190b8e7b2547e1526af |
completed | April 11, 2026, 1:09 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:07 p.m.