Triple
T12902520
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Barr |
E308644
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entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Dick Thornburgh
Dick Thornburgh was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania and later as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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E1008505
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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: Dick Thornburgh | Statement: [William Barr, precededBy, Dick Thornburgh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Thornburgh Context triple: [William Barr, precededBy, Dick Thornburgh]
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A.
Tom Patterson
Tom Patterson was a Canadian theatre producer best known as the founder of the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
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B.
John T. Kenney
John T. Kenney was a British illustrator best known for his work on several mid-20th-century volumes of the children's book series "The Railway Series" featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
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C.
Dick Hunter
Dick Hunter is the impoverished yet ambitious New York City bootblack who serves as the plucky, self-improving protagonist of Horatio Alger Jr.’s novel "Ragged Dick."
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D.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
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E.
William Gillespie
William Gillespie was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous comedies, including those produced by Hal Roach.
- 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: Dick Thornburgh Triple: [William Barr, precededBy, Dick Thornburgh]
Generated description
Dick Thornburgh was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania and later as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dick Thornburgh Target entity description: Dick Thornburgh was an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania and later as U.S. Attorney General under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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A.
Tom Patterson
Tom Patterson was a Canadian theatre producer best known as the founder of the Stratford Festival in Ontario.
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B.
John T. Kenney
John T. Kenney was a British illustrator best known for his work on several mid-20th-century volumes of the children's book series "The Railway Series" featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
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C.
Dick Hunter
Dick Hunter is the impoverished yet ambitious New York City bootblack who serves as the plucky, self-improving protagonist of Horatio Alger Jr.’s novel "Ragged Dick."
-
D.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
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E.
William Gillespie
William Gillespie was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his supporting roles in numerous comedies, including those produced by Hal Roach.
- 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d971820e008190bf8bc7c392c8bcbb |
completed | April 10, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6a563a84c8190a75d830653661518 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6a641d1988190b9af41c8c7ca599e |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6a7792f948190bb0b324bee0cd8ac |
completed | May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.