Triple

T10712923
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas De Witt E252584 entity
Predicate hasSpellingVariant P457 FINISHED
Object Thomas DeWitt
Thomas DeWitt is an individual whose name appears in records with the spelling variant "Thomas De Witt."
E254792 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: Thomas DeWitt | Statement: [Thomas De Witt, hasSpellingVariant, Thomas DeWitt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas DeWitt
Context triple: [Thomas De Witt, hasSpellingVariant, Thomas DeWitt]
  • A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
    Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
  • B. Carl E. Heastie
    Carl E. Heastie is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and represents a district in the Bronx.
  • C. Abraham L. Erlanger
    Abraham L. Erlanger was a prominent American theatrical producer and impresario of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known as a co-founder of the powerful booking and production partnership Klaw & Erlanger.
  • D. John J. Herrick
    John J. Herrick was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded American naval forces involved in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, a pivotal event that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • E. William De Witt
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • 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: Thomas DeWitt
Triple: [Thomas De Witt, hasSpellingVariant, Thomas DeWitt]
Generated description
Thomas DeWitt is an individual whose name appears in records with the spelling variant "Thomas De Witt."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas DeWitt
Target entity description: Thomas DeWitt is an individual whose name appears in records with the spelling variant "Thomas De Witt."
  • A. Alfred N. Goldsmith
    Alfred N. Goldsmith was an American electrical engineer and radio pioneer who played a key role in the early development and professionalization of radio engineering.
  • B. Carl E. Heastie
    Carl E. Heastie is an American politician who serves as the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and represents a district in the Bronx.
  • C. Abraham L. Erlanger
    Abraham L. Erlanger was a prominent American theatrical producer and impresario of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, best known as a co-founder of the powerful booking and production partnership Klaw & Erlanger.
  • D. John J. Herrick
    John J. Herrick was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded American naval forces involved in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident, a pivotal event that escalated U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
  • E. William De Witt chosen
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d6aa5cbabc8190973e683950d89faf completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fe54465081909640f6d7a2314fcb completed April 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d99917df2c819099be2a9b9c4a2ce7 completed April 11, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d99e86e198819080f71400295a31e7 completed April 11, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69dadccd1d7081908ae53b97d2c2a6cb completed April 11, 2026, 11:44 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:13 p.m.