Triple

T10796194
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Wells County, Indiana E254712 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William A. Wells
William A. Wells was a frontiersman and soldier in early American history, noted for his complex role in Native American relations and the Northwest Indian War.
 E1151209 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: William A. Wells | Statement: [Wells County, Indiana, namedAfter, William A. Wells]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Wells
Context triple: [Wells County, Indiana, namedAfter, William A. Wells]
  • A. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • B. Benjamin L. Willard
    Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
  • C. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • 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: William A. Wells
Triple: [Wells County, Indiana, namedAfter, William A. Wells]
Generated description
William A. Wells was a frontiersman and soldier in early American history, noted for his complex role in Native American relations and the Northwest Indian War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William A. Wells
Target entity description: William A. Wells was a frontiersman and soldier in early American history, noted for his complex role in Native American relations and the Northwest Indian War.
  • A. Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis was an American art director and set decorator renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films, particularly at MGM.
  • B. Benjamin L. Willard
    Benjamin L. Willard is the troubled U.S. Army officer and central protagonist of the film "Apocalypse Now," tasked with a covert mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
  • C. William G. Livesay
    William G. Livesay was a U.S. Army officer who served as a notable commander of the 3rd Infantry Division.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. George T. Dunlap
    George T. Dunlap was an American publisher best known as a co-founder of the prominent publishing house Grosset & Dunlap.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d73332dbfc8190904434846957b618 completed April 9, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff01ce8f988190b503af0cd5f2a97e completed May 9, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff02a62dcc819087eddd2f0b4c29cb completed May 9, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff036153588190ae46fcde257eb3cb completed May 9, 2026, 9:50 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:17 p.m.