Triple

T13785918
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Public Law 116-283 E331255 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William M. (Mac) Thornberry
William M. (Mac) Thornberry is a former U.S. Representative from Texas who chaired the House Armed Services Committee and was a leading Republican voice on national defense policy.
 E1062366 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 M. (Mac) Thornberry | Statement: [Public Law 116-283, namedAfter, William M. (Mac) Thornberry]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. (Mac) Thornberry
Context triple: [Public Law 116-283, namedAfter, William M. (Mac) Thornberry]
  • A. James P. Clements
    James P. Clements is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of Clemson University, overseeing its strategic growth and institutional development.
  • B. Byron M. Cutcheon
    Byron M. Cutcheon was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Michigan who later held prominent federal appointments.
  • C. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • D. John D. Magrath
    John D. Magrath was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • E. David W. Burnside
    David W. Burnside was a notable figure significant enough in local or historical context to have the Burnside Bridge named in his honor.
  • 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 M. (Mac) Thornberry
Triple: [Public Law 116-283, namedAfter, William M. (Mac) Thornberry]
Generated description
William M. (Mac) Thornberry is a former U.S. Representative from Texas who chaired the House Armed Services Committee and was a leading Republican voice on national defense policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. (Mac) Thornberry
Target entity description: William M. (Mac) Thornberry is a former U.S. Representative from Texas who chaired the House Armed Services Committee and was a leading Republican voice on national defense policy.
  • A. James P. Clements
    James P. Clements is an American academic administrator who serves as the president of Clemson University, overseeing its strategic growth and institutional development.
  • B. Byron M. Cutcheon
    Byron M. Cutcheon was a 19th-century American Civil War officer, lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Michigan who later held prominent federal appointments.
  • C. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • D. John D. Magrath
    John D. Magrath was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • E. David W. Burnside
    David W. Burnside was a notable figure significant enough in local or historical context to have the Burnside Bridge named in his honor.
  • 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_69d81c58feb08190a77bca8bf7d6d20f completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0248db988190aa43c3723af25f90 completed April 14, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b07d872c81908f912263d8f7c80d completed May 3, 2026, 8:30 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7b230fb448190bc16a1d8732ff76f completed May 3, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7b2c55e188190b0ea8fa400ff2dfc completed May 3, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:11 p.m.