Triple
T1238550
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Ervin |
E26603
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Samuel James Ervin Jr. |
E26603
|
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: Samuel James Ervin Jr. | Statement: [Sam Ervin, fullName, Samuel James Ervin Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel James Ervin Jr. Context triple: [Sam Ervin, fullName, Samuel James Ervin Jr.]
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A.
Sam Ervin
chosen
Sam Ervin was a North Carolina Democratic senator best known for chairing the Senate Watergate Committee and playing a key role in the investigation that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
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B.
Stanley Forman Reed
Stanley Forman Reed was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, serving from 1938 to 1957 and known for his influential opinions during the New Deal and early civil rights era.
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C.
James Eastland
James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
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D.
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond was a long-serving U.S. senator from South Carolina known for his staunch segregationist views, 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run, and record-breaking Senate tenure.
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E.
Howard A. Smith
Howard A. Smith was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
- 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf406b988190a12aa26bbcb88d6a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acde099eb88190ac354f3b4efb0965 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.