Triple
T12140873
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willie Best |
E289177
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Best |
E289177
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Best | Statement: [Willie Best, alsoKnownAs, William Best]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Best Context triple: [Willie Best, alsoKnownAs, William Best]
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A.
William Best
chosen
William Best is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals across fields such as politics, music, and sports.
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B.
Roger Best
Roger Best is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with several people, including academics and public figures, rather than a single widely recognized notable person.
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C.
Tim Best
Tim Best is a notable individual distinguished enough to be specifically recognized as a bearer of the surname Best.
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D.
Paul Best
Paul Best was a 17th-century English theologian and scholar known for his unorthodox religious views, including early anti-Trinitarian beliefs.
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E.
John Medley
John Medley was a 19th-century Anglican bishop, notably the first Bishop of Fredericton in New Brunswick, Canada, and a key figure in the expansion of the Anglican Church there.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6ab4c6710819097a9d228382dde43 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d915a9838081909622cc14df2a2582 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f5f692ee048190ab42c92296fd28fb |
completed | May 2, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:49 p.m.