Triple
T14428145
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John M. Balch |
E357748
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasName |
P744
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John M. Balch |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 M. Balch | Statement: [John M. Balch, hasName, John M. Balch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John M. Balch Context triple: [John M. Balch, hasName, John M. Balch]
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A.
John M. Balch
chosen
John M. Balch was an individual significant enough in local history that the city of Balch Springs, Texas, was named in his honor.
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B.
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.
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C.
Thomas E. Ackerman
Thomas E. Ackerman is an American cinematographer known for his work on popular films including the dark comedy-fantasy "Beetlejuice."
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D.
Charles J. Hatfield
Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
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E.
Edward N. Shelton
Edward N. Shelton was a prominent local figure and early industrialist after whom the city of Shelton, Connecticut, was named.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de91154de881909266ae88d1545685 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 7:10 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.