Triple

T1299922
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William L. Whittaker E27737 entity
Predicate knownAs P39 FINISHED
Object William L. "Red" Whittaker
William L. "Red" Whittaker is an American roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor renowned for pioneering field robotics and leading teams in high-profile robotics competitions such as the DARPA Grand Challenge.
E227410 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 L. "Red" Whittaker | Statement: [William L. Whittaker, knownAs, William L. "Red" Whittaker]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William L. "Red" Whittaker
Context triple: [William L. Whittaker, knownAs, William L. "Red" Whittaker]
  • A. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • D. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • E. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • 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 L. "Red" Whittaker
Triple: [William L. Whittaker, knownAs, William L. "Red" Whittaker]
Generated description
William L. "Red" Whittaker is an American roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor renowned for pioneering field robotics and leading teams in high-profile robotics competitions such as the DARPA Grand Challenge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William L. "Red" Whittaker
Target entity description: William L. "Red" Whittaker is an American roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor renowned for pioneering field robotics and leading teams in high-profile robotics competitions such as the DARPA Grand Challenge.
  • A. Robert H. Richards
    Robert H. Richards was a prominent American mining engineer and metallurgist known for pioneering work in ore dressing and mineral processing.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Wilfred J. McNeil
    Wilfred J. McNeil was an American government official who served in senior defense-related administrative roles, including leadership of the U.S. Munitions Board during the mid-20th century.
  • D. William C. Redfield
    William C. Redfield was an American politician and businessman who became the inaugural U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the early 20th century.
  • E. Harold Briggs
    Harold Briggs was a British Army officer best known for devising and implementing the Briggs Plan to combat communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency.
  • 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c11314a48190ab4efb8b1acdce50 completed March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae1fae5aa08190b6aa50b543a175b8 completed March 9, 2026, 1:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae204fe6148190915219beb27128bc completed March 9, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae20d09c748190aebbfb88f0eedbaa completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.