Triple
T1129891
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph McCarthy |
E23003
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Proxmire
William Proxmire was a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin known for his outspoken criticism of government waste and his famous "Golden Fleece" awards.
|
E154705
|
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 Proxmire | Statement: [Joseph McCarthy, succeededBy, William Proxmire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Proxmire Context triple: [Joseph McCarthy, succeededBy, William Proxmire]
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A.
Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski was a powerful Democratic U.S. congressman from Chicago who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and played a key role in national tax and trade legislation before his career ended amid a federal corruption scandal.
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B.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
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C.
Harold H. Burton
Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
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D.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a prominent American Democratic politician, sociologist, and longtime U.S. Senator from New York known for his influential work on social policy and urban issues.
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E.
Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles was an American diplomat, politician, and publisher who served as U.S. ambassador to India and governor of Connecticut, known for his liberal internationalist views and postwar economic policy work.
- 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 Proxmire Triple: [Joseph McCarthy, succeededBy, William Proxmire]
Generated description
William Proxmire was a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin known for his outspoken criticism of government waste and his famous "Golden Fleece" awards.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Proxmire Target entity description: William Proxmire was a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin known for his outspoken criticism of government waste and his famous "Golden Fleece" awards.
-
A.
Dan Rostenkowski
Dan Rostenkowski was a powerful Democratic U.S. congressman from Chicago who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee and played a key role in national tax and trade legislation before his career ended amid a federal corruption scandal.
-
B.
Everett Dirksen
Everett Dirksen was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from Illinois known for his influential leadership and key role in passing major civil rights legislation.
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C.
Harold H. Burton
Harold H. Burton was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1945 to 1958.
-
D.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a prominent American Democratic politician, sociologist, and longtime U.S. Senator from New York known for his influential work on social policy and urban issues.
-
E.
Chester Bowles
Chester Bowles was an American diplomat, politician, and publisher who served as U.S. ambassador to India and governor of Connecticut, known for his liberal internationalist views and postwar economic policy work.
- 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_69a493ec75988190b63a11bafaec29b4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bbf979108190adad7073c8275dd2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acc60fb34c819085dd801f7364829a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acc6c204a88190a3171898e6e1bb91 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acc7d8df108190bf92ca5e33987d04 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.