Triple

T14071823
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject J. Parnell Thomas E338625 entity
Predicate succeeded by P78 FINISHED
Object Charles R. Howell
Charles R. Howell was a New Jersey Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-20th century.
E1258808 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: Charles R. Howell | Statement: [J. Parnell Thomas, succeeded by, Charles R. Howell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles R. Howell
Context triple: [J. Parnell Thomas, succeeded by, Charles R. Howell]
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Joseph A. Howard
    Joseph A. Howard was the husband of American film actress Priscilla Lane.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • E. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • 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: Charles R. Howell
Triple: [J. Parnell Thomas, succeeded by, Charles R. Howell]
Generated description
Charles R. Howell was a New Jersey Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles R. Howell
Target entity description: Charles R. Howell was a New Jersey Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • B. Joseph A. Howard
    Joseph A. Howard was the husband of American film actress Priscilla Lane.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Howard G. Cunningham
    Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
  • E. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • 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_69d81c67ba6c819091935650dfb3b895 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de5c5aa828819098ef55a70a0decbc completed April 14, 2026, 3:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0170d8c9f0819099a398814f49f0ed completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a017278b9408190ba496f554e55f833 completed May 11, 2026, 6:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01732467408190b78c32296e20b55f completed May 11, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:21 p.m.