Triple
T1154679
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Dean |
E23756
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Wesley Dean III
John Wesley Dean III is an American attorney best known for serving as White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon and for his key role as a whistleblower in the Watergate scandal.
|
E132451
|
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: John Wesley Dean III | Statement: [John Dean, fullName, John Wesley Dean III]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wesley Dean III Context triple: [John Dean, fullName, John Wesley Dean III]
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A.
Carl Thomas Dean
Carl Thomas Dean is an American businessman best known as the long-time, publicity-shy husband of country music icon Dolly Parton.
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B.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
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C.
Shannon Hoon
Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
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D.
Arthur Brown Jr.
Arthur Brown Jr. was an American architect best known for designing prominent civic landmarks in San Francisco, including its City Hall and other Beaux-Arts style public buildings.
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E.
Rusty James
Rusty James is the troubled teenage protagonist of S. E. Hinton’s novel "Rumble Fish," known for his aimlessness, loyalty, and struggle to escape a cycle of violence and delinquency.
- 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: John Wesley Dean III Triple: [John Dean, fullName, John Wesley Dean III]
Generated description
John Wesley Dean III is an American attorney best known for serving as White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon and for his key role as a whistleblower in the Watergate scandal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Wesley Dean III Target entity description: John Wesley Dean III is an American attorney best known for serving as White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon and for his key role as a whistleblower in the Watergate scandal.
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A.
Carl Thomas Dean
Carl Thomas Dean is an American businessman best known as the long-time, publicity-shy husband of country music icon Dolly Parton.
-
B.
Curtis Stigers
Curtis Stigers is an American jazz and soul-influenced singer, saxophonist, and songwriter known for his early 1990s pop hits and later critically acclaimed jazz recordings.
-
C.
Shannon Hoon
Shannon Hoon was the American lead singer of the rock band Blind Melon, best known for his distinctive voice and the hit song "No Rain" before his death in 1995.
-
D.
Arthur Brown Jr.
Arthur Brown Jr. was an American architect best known for designing prominent civic landmarks in San Francisco, including its City Hall and other Beaux-Arts style public buildings.
-
E.
Rusty James
Rusty James is the troubled teenage protagonist of S. E. Hinton’s novel "Rumble Fish," known for his aimlessness, loyalty, and struggle to escape a cycle of violence and delinquency.
- 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_69a493f0d32c8190ac74bad3c87f2641 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bc8fbb548190865b1bf019f2bde4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac5eb81790819087016b1620353417 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac612fee3881908abba96acf1b60ef |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac621c445081908bd3aa6f9c258caf |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:44 p.m.