Triple

T14321305
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tom Flanagan E355094 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object John Hallowell
John Hallowell was a political scientist and academic known for his work in political theory and for mentoring scholars such as Tom Flanagan.
E1093361 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: John Hallowell | Statement: [Tom Flanagan, doctoralAdvisor, John Hallowell]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hallowell
Context triple: [Tom Flanagan, doctoralAdvisor, John Hallowell]
  • A. Michael Hoyt
    Michael Hoyt is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Hoyt surname.
  • B. John Crowell
    John Crowell is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Crowell.
  • C. Mark T. Williams
    Mark T. Williams is the son of renowned American composer and conductor John Williams.
  • D. Daniel Ullman
    Daniel Ullman was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, particularly Westerns and thrillers.
  • E. Philip Brownstein
    Philip Brownstein was a professional basketball coach best known for leading the early NBA-era Chicago Stags franchise.
  • 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: John Hallowell
Triple: [Tom Flanagan, doctoralAdvisor, John Hallowell]
Generated description
John Hallowell was a political scientist and academic known for his work in political theory and for mentoring scholars such as Tom Flanagan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hallowell
Target entity description: John Hallowell was a political scientist and academic known for his work in political theory and for mentoring scholars such as Tom Flanagan.
  • A. Michael Hoyt
    Michael Hoyt is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the Hoyt surname.
  • B. John Crowell
    John Crowell is a person notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Crowell.
  • C. Mark T. Williams
    Mark T. Williams is the son of renowned American composer and conductor John Williams.
  • D. Daniel Ullman
    Daniel Ullman was an American screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century genre films, particularly Westerns and thrillers.
  • E. Philip Brownstein
    Philip Brownstein was a professional basketball coach best known for leading the early NBA-era Chicago Stags franchise.
  • 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_69d8278ed42c8190b9f882dcce611347 completed April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de883bf71c8190a9a092a025cf98f0 completed April 14, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd468c4a7c8190951adb28e1d71365 completed May 8, 2026, 2:12 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd478e6644819080692fbca8ec6c80 completed May 8, 2026, 2:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd4851528c81909855c0f8484c278e completed May 8, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.