Triple
T10712924
| 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 is a spelling variant of Thomas De Witt, likely referring to the same person across different records or sources.
|
E881910
|
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]
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A.
William De Witt
William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
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B.
John L. DeWitt
John L. DeWitt was a U.S. Army general best known for overseeing the Western Defense Command during World War II and for his role in advocating the internment of Japanese Americans.
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C.
Mordecai T. Endicott
Mordecai T. Endicott was a U.S. Navy civil engineer and Rear Admiral who served as the first Civil Engineer Corps Chief and contributed to early planning efforts for the Panama Canal.
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D.
James S. Wadsworth
James S. Wadsworth was a 19th-century American military officer and political figure, notably a Union general in the Civil War.
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E.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
- 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 is a spelling variant of Thomas De Witt, likely referring to the same person across different records or sources.
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 is a spelling variant of Thomas De Witt, likely referring to the same person across different records or sources.
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A.
William De Witt
William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
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B.
John L. DeWitt
John L. DeWitt was a U.S. Army general best known for overseeing the Western Defense Command during World War II and for his role in advocating the internment of Japanese Americans.
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C.
Mordecai T. Endicott
Mordecai T. Endicott was a U.S. Navy civil engineer and Rear Admiral who served as the first Civil Engineer Corps Chief and contributed to early planning efforts for the Panama Canal.
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D.
James S. Wadsworth
James S. Wadsworth was a 19th-century American military officer and political figure, notably a Union general in the Civil War.
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E.
William F. Connell
William F. Connell was a prominent American businessman and philanthropist whose significant contributions to education led Boston College to name its nursing school in his honor.
- 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_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_69dbb70f67c88190980f362fcea9d800 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69dbbbe3d9dc819088f85d41ef66ab29 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 3:36 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69dbc58a5ef481908e67fff6686fb506 |
completed | April 12, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:13 p.m.