Triple

T12955336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Happenings E309995 entity
Predicate notableArtist P601 FINISHED
Object Robert Whitman
Robert Whitman is an American artist and pioneer of multimedia performance art, best known for his innovative contributions to the 1960s Happenings movement.
 E263407 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: Robert Whitman | Statement: [Happenings, notableArtist, Robert Whitman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Whitman
Context triple: [Happenings, notableArtist, Robert Whitman]
  • A. Robert Whitman
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • B. Stephen M. White
    Stephen M. White was a prominent late-19th-century California politician and U.S. Senator known for his influential role in securing the development of the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.
  • C. Richard Whitaker
    Richard Whitaker is an architect known for his work on the iconic coastal community of Sea Ranch in Northern California, which helped shape its distinctive modernist, environmentally integrated design.
  • D. Richard Whitaker
    Richard Whitaker is a professional associated with the firm Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull & Whitaker, likely serving as one of its named partners.
  • E. David Whitaker
    David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • 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: Robert Whitman
Triple: [Happenings, notableArtist, Robert Whitman]
Generated description
Robert Whitman is an American artist and pioneer of multimedia performance art, best known for his innovative contributions to the 1960s Happenings movement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Robert Whitman
Target entity description: Robert Whitman is an American artist and pioneer of multimedia performance art, best known for his innovative contributions to the 1960s Happenings movement.
  • A. Robert Whitman chosen
    Robert Whitman is the husband of economist and former General Motors executive Marina von Neumann Whitman.
  • B. Stephen M. White
    Stephen M. White was a prominent late-19th-century California politician and U.S. Senator known for his influential role in securing the development of the Port of Los Angeles at San Pedro.
  • C. Richard Whitaker
    Richard Whitaker is an architect known for his work on the iconic coastal community of Sea Ranch in Northern California, which helped shape its distinctive modernist, environmentally integrated design.
  • D. Richard Whitaker
    Richard Whitaker is a professional associated with the firm Moore, Lyndon, Turnbull & Whitaker, likely serving as one of its named partners.
  • E. David Whitaker
    David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d7bdfb57a88190836b743e2825feca completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e2b0108819098a681f93e90dbda completed April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6e264475c8190940f83c57f51585d completed May 3, 2026, 5:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6e35d940881908ff426d9343b7403 completed May 3, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6e40a13c8819084daf9b77b46a181 completed May 3, 2026, 5:58 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:44 p.m.