Triple
T10799165
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William De Witt |
E254792
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlternativeSpacing |
P95533
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William DeWitt |
E254792
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 DeWitt | Statement: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William DeWitt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William DeWitt Context triple: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William DeWitt]
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A.
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Henry Bemis
Henry Bemis is the nearsighted, book-loving bank clerk from the classic Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough at Last," known for surviving a nuclear attack only to face a cruel twist of fate involving his beloved reading.
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D.
Simeon De Witt
Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
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E.
Stephen Van Rensselaer
Stephen Van Rensselaer was a prominent early American landowner, politician, and philanthropist best known as the patroon of Rensselaerswyck and co-founder of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasAlternativeSpacing Context triple: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William DeWitt]
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A.
hasAlternativeNotation
Indicates that an entity can be represented or written in a different, equivalent form or notation.
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B.
hasAlternateCut
Indicates that an entity has an alternative edited version or cut, distinct from its primary or original form.
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C.
hasAlternativeBoard
Indicates that an entity is associated with a different or substitute governing or decision-making board from the primary one.
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D.
hasAlternativeSurface
Indicates that one entity serves as a different or substitute surface option for another entity.
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E.
hasAlternativeVocalization
Indicates that an entity has another valid way it can be vocalized or pronounced, distinct from its primary or standard vocalization.
- 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_69d733366c408190bfd3b57be5ef2440 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 5:03 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69deb0d849888190be46616ecc97c2b1 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:25 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d6f3188f00819094ee8d65b187a333 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:30 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69d6fa334b8c819082eaf8537084c323 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 1 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:17 p.m.