Triple

T13267016
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Radford M. Neal E315948 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Donald A. Pierce — NE NERFINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Donald A. Pierce | Statement: [Radford M. Neal, doctoralAdvisor, Donald A. Pierce]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald A. Pierce
Context triple: [Radford M. Neal, doctoralAdvisor, Donald A. Pierce]
  • A. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • B. Donald M. Dickinson
    Donald M. Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century.
  • C. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • D. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • E. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald A. Pierce
Target entity description: Donald A. Pierce is a statistician and academic known for supervising and mentoring researchers such as Radford M. Neal.
  • A. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • B. Donald M. Dickinson
    Donald M. Dickinson was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century.
  • C. Raymond S. McLain
    Raymond S. McLain was a U.S. Army major general and highly regarded National Guard officer who distinguished himself as a corps and division commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • D. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • E. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (2 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_69d806b1d9ac8190852c5571d5bd5f0f completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9901e44bc8190966f87ae219d6bf4 completed April 11, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:25 p.m.