Triple
T10657062
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Arland D. Williams Jr. |
E251117
|
entity |
| Predicate | mediaNickname |
P17599
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
the man in the water
The man in the water is the posthumous media nickname given to Arland D. Williams Jr., a passenger of Air Florida Flight 90 who repeatedly passed rescue lines to others before drowning in the icy Potomac River in 1982.
|
E877793
|
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: the man in the water | Statement: [Arland D. Williams Jr., mediaNickname, the man in the water]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the man in the water Context triple: [Arland D. Williams Jr., mediaNickname, the man in the water]
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A.
Swimming with Men
Swimming with Men is a 2018 British comedy film about a middle-aged man who finds camaraderie and purpose by joining an all-male amateur synchronized swimming team.
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B.
Swimfan
Swimfan is a 2002 teen psychological thriller film about a high school swimmer whose life is upended by a dangerously obsessive admirer.
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C.
The Water Man
The Water Man is a 2020 family adventure-drama film and the directorial debut of David Oyelowo, following a boy’s mystical quest to save his ailing mother.
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D.
Schwimmer
Schwimmer is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and activism.
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E.
Man and the Ocean
Man and the Ocean is a thematic exhibition area exploring humanity’s relationship with the sea, created as part of the Man and His World exposition in Montreal.
- 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: the man in the water Triple: [Arland D. Williams Jr., mediaNickname, the man in the water]
Generated description
The man in the water is the posthumous media nickname given to Arland D. Williams Jr., a passenger of Air Florida Flight 90 who repeatedly passed rescue lines to others before drowning in the icy Potomac River in 1982.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the man in the water Target entity description: The man in the water is the posthumous media nickname given to Arland D. Williams Jr., a passenger of Air Florida Flight 90 who repeatedly passed rescue lines to others before drowning in the icy Potomac River in 1982.
-
A.
Swimming with Men
Swimming with Men is a 2018 British comedy film about a middle-aged man who finds camaraderie and purpose by joining an all-male amateur synchronized swimming team.
-
B.
Swimfan
Swimfan is a 2002 teen psychological thriller film about a high school swimmer whose life is upended by a dangerously obsessive admirer.
-
C.
The Water Man
The Water Man is a 2020 family adventure-drama film and the directorial debut of David Oyelowo, following a boy’s mystical quest to save his ailing mother.
-
D.
Schwimmer
Schwimmer is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals in fields such as acting, politics, and activism.
-
E.
Man and the Ocean
Man and the Ocean is a thematic exhibition area exploring humanity’s relationship with the sea, created as part of the Man and His World exposition in Montreal.
- 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_69d97a7aa490819094c7eaf3fc5e2c43 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d97ef6d9a881909d688cb8c948f491 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d97f700f188190808fcf2f14403980 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:07 p.m.