Triple

T11155143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William C. Bullitt E263886 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object William Christian Bullitt Jr.
William Christian Bullitt Jr. was an American diplomat, journalist, and author best known as the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and later ambassador to France during the interwar and World War II periods.
E909056 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 Christian Bullitt Jr. | Statement: [William C. Bullitt, fullName, William Christian Bullitt Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Christian Bullitt Jr.
Context triple: [William C. Bullitt, fullName, William Christian Bullitt Jr.]
  • A. Henry A. Walsh
    Henry A. Walsh was an American Catholic priest who served as a prominent Jesuit educator and administrator in the early 20th century.
  • B. Robert A. Lovett
    Robert A. Lovett was a prominent American statesman and defense official who played a key role in organizing U.S. military and foreign policy during and after World War II, later serving as Secretary of Defense under President Harry S. Truman.
  • C. John Foster Dulles
    John Foster Dulles was a prominent U.S. Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration, known for shaping Cold War foreign policy and advocating a strong stance against communism.
  • D. John Bassett
    John Bassett was a Canadian media executive and sports entrepreneur best known for his influential role in professional hockey, including helping launch the World Hockey Association.
  • E. Alben W. Barkley
    Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
  • 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 Christian Bullitt Jr.
Triple: [William C. Bullitt, fullName, William Christian Bullitt Jr.]
Generated description
William Christian Bullitt Jr. was an American diplomat, journalist, and author best known as the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and later ambassador to France during the interwar and World War II periods.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Christian Bullitt Jr.
Target entity description: William Christian Bullitt Jr. was an American diplomat, journalist, and author best known as the first U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and later ambassador to France during the interwar and World War II periods.
  • A. Henry A. Walsh
    Henry A. Walsh was an American Catholic priest who served as a prominent Jesuit educator and administrator in the early 20th century.
  • B. Robert A. Lovett
    Robert A. Lovett was a prominent American statesman and defense official who played a key role in organizing U.S. military and foreign policy during and after World War II, later serving as Secretary of Defense under President Harry S. Truman.
  • C. John Foster Dulles
    John Foster Dulles was a prominent U.S. Secretary of State during the Eisenhower administration, known for shaping Cold War foreign policy and advocating a strong stance against communism.
  • D. John Bassett
    John Bassett was a Canadian media executive and sports entrepreneur best known for his influential role in professional hockey, including helping launch the World Hockey Association.
  • E. Alben W. Barkley
    Alben W. Barkley was an American Democratic politician who served as the 35th vice president of the United States and a long-time U.S. senator from Kentucky.
  • 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_69d6aa9ccddc8190868998c8b7beb060 completed April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d7e8741cd48190b7cc29c6b6bc54ff completed April 9, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e46341f224819099dd618b377e5bc2 completed April 19, 2026, 5:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e46c374ca08190a876ee68dea9b821 completed April 19, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4747bc02c81908f0782cf85667f3f completed April 19, 2026, 6:21 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:28 p.m.