Triple
T1179453
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | E. Howard Hunt |
E25101
|
entity |
| Predicate | usedPseudonym |
P3799
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David St. John
David St. John is a pseudonym used by E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
|
E155185
|
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: David St. John | Statement: [E. Howard Hunt, usedPseudonym, David St. John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David St. John Context triple: [E. Howard Hunt, usedPseudonym, David St. John]
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A.
Curt Fraser
Curt Fraser is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known as the first head coach in Atlanta Thrashers franchise history.
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B.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
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C.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
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D.
Stuart Delery
Stuart Delery is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Joe Biden and previously held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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E.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
- 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: David St. John Triple: [E. Howard Hunt, usedPseudonym, David St. John]
Generated description
David St. John is a pseudonym used by E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David St. John Target entity description: David St. John is a pseudonym used by E. Howard Hunt, the American intelligence officer and author involved in the Watergate scandal.
-
A.
Curt Fraser
Curt Fraser is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach best known as the first head coach in Atlanta Thrashers franchise history.
-
B.
Brian VanDeMark
Brian VanDeMark is an American historian and author known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War, including coauthoring influential studies of that conflict.
-
C.
Richard Stolley
Richard Stolley was an influential American magazine editor best known for shaping modern celebrity journalism as the founding managing editor of People magazine.
-
D.
Stuart Delery
Stuart Delery is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Joe Biden and previously held senior roles in the U.S. Department of Justice.
-
E.
Gordon Malloy
Gordon Malloy is a wisecracking, skilled helmsman and loyal crew member aboard the exploratory spaceship in the sci-fi comedy-drama series "The Orville."
- 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bd1226fc819083d526ecd22af8ef |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acce59fe3c8190a07d84c570b7b2fe |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69accecd233c8190bebf5395e8dd5961 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69accf2c65188190844bcd1c5efa563a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.