Triple
T11970141
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ronald Lippitt |
E284895
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bruce Westley
Bruce Westley was a communication scholar best known for co-developing the influential Westley-MacLean model of mass communication.
|
E956404
|
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: Bruce Westley | Statement: [Ronald Lippitt, coAuthor, Bruce Westley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Westley Context triple: [Ronald Lippitt, coAuthor, Bruce Westley]
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A.
Gary Harkness
Gary Harkness is the introspective college football player and narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "End Zone," through whom themes of war, language, and existential anxiety are explored.
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B.
Ian Worthington
Ian Worthington is a classical historian and scholar best known for his work on ancient Macedonia, particularly the life and times of Alexander the Great and Demosthenes.
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C.
Scott Banister
Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
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D.
John Stonehouse
John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
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E.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
- 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: Bruce Westley Triple: [Ronald Lippitt, coAuthor, Bruce Westley]
Generated description
Bruce Westley was a communication scholar best known for co-developing the influential Westley-MacLean model of mass communication.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bruce Westley Target entity description: Bruce Westley was a communication scholar best known for co-developing the influential Westley-MacLean model of mass communication.
-
A.
Gary Harkness
Gary Harkness is the introspective college football player and narrator of Don DeLillo’s novel "End Zone," through whom themes of war, language, and existential anxiety are explored.
-
B.
Ian Worthington
Ian Worthington is a classical historian and scholar best known for his work on ancient Macedonia, particularly the life and times of Alexander the Great and Demosthenes.
-
C.
Scott Banister
Scott Banister is an American entrepreneur and angel investor known for co-founding IronPort and early involvement with companies like PayPal and Facebook.
-
D.
John Stonehouse
John Stonehouse was a British Labour politician and former cabinet minister best known for faking his own death in 1974 in an attempt to escape financial and legal troubles.
-
E.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson was the longtime bassist for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for his melodic playing and distinctive stage presence.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9037bee54819085242a3ef3e286f9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f459691ff0819099282172933d2d81 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f4645ef63881909b46937f73d637a3 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f465be4db08190882898a17d077019 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 8:35 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.