Triple

T14429237
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William A. Wheeler E357776 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object William Almon Wheeler
William Almon Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881.
 E1134891 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Almon Wheeler | Statement: [William A. Wheeler, birthName, William Almon Wheeler]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Almon Wheeler
Context triple: [William A. Wheeler, birthName, William Almon Wheeler]
  • A. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • B. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • C. W. Burton Wescott
    W. Burton Wescott was an early film industry figure best known as one of the founders of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
  • D. Thomas Wilson Brown
    Thomas Wilson Brown is an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Knots Landing."
  • E. William Parish Chilton
    William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
  • 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: William Almon Wheeler
Target entity description: William Almon Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881.
  • A. Frank H. Wheeler
    Frank H. Wheeler was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who co-founded and helped finance the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
  • B. Walter Francis Brown
    Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
  • C. W. Burton Wescott
    W. Burton Wescott was an early film industry figure best known as one of the founders of the pioneering color motion picture company Technicolor.
  • D. Thomas Wilson Brown
    Thomas Wilson Brown is an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Knots Landing."
  • E. William Parish Chilton
    William Parish Chilton was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and politician from Alabama who served as a Confederate congressman and briefly as Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Almon Wheeler
Triple: [William A. Wheeler, birthName, William Almon Wheeler]
Generated description
William Almon Wheeler was an American politician who served as the 19th vice president of the United States under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d8279402a88190821ffa39ae15bccf elicitation completed
NER batch_69de91154de881909266ae88d1545685 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fea59f26188190b81af88940a9c95b ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fea82a80888190bbb0de39a8959a6e ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fea70a10b88190aac09e3b690afa6f nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.