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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.