Triple
T1278937
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Attorney General of Maryland |
E27278
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeldBy |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Preston Lane Jr.
William Preston Lane Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as Maryland’s governor from 1947 to 1951 and oversaw the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
|
E210468
|
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: William Preston Lane Jr. | Statement: [Attorney General of Maryland, positionHeldBy, William Preston Lane Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Preston Lane Jr. Context triple: [Attorney General of Maryland, positionHeldBy, William Preston Lane Jr.]
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
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B.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
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C.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
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D.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
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E.
Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Fred A. Hartley Jr. was an American Republican congressman best known for co-sponsoring the landmark 1947 labor law that restricted the power of labor unions.
- 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: William Preston Lane Jr. Triple: [Attorney General of Maryland, positionHeldBy, William Preston Lane Jr.]
Generated description
William Preston Lane Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as Maryland’s governor from 1947 to 1951 and oversaw the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Preston Lane Jr. Target entity description: William Preston Lane Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as Maryland’s governor from 1947 to 1951 and oversaw the construction of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
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A.
Robert Folsom
Robert Folsom was an American businessman and civic leader who served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, overseeing significant urban development and growth.
-
B.
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Jack Frederick Kilpatrick was an American composer and musicologist known for his work in Native American music and contributions to ethnomusicology.
-
C.
William F. Raynolds
William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
-
D.
Alton G. Keel Jr.
Alton G. Keel Jr. was an American aerospace engineer and government official who held senior defense and space policy roles, including service on the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
-
E.
Fred A. Hartley Jr.
Fred A. Hartley Jr. was an American Republican congressman best known for co-sponsoring the landmark 1947 labor law that restricted the power of labor unions.
- 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_69a496d3710c8190955dee8bc0dacb50 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c092eb688190bf42bbd59e4ff289 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69addf1c0e948190a903b58c802d44c2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69addfb3860481908ff4eebfa3d06fa7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ade027072481909b707bbfc47da4de |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.