Triple

T15234221
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Bennett Close E364081 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object William Taliaferro Close
William Taliaferro Close was an American physician best known for his work in the Belgian Congo and as the father of actress Glenn Close.
E1232821 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 Taliaferro Close | Statement: [Edward Bennett Close, relative, William Taliaferro Close]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Taliaferro Close
Context triple: [Edward Bennett Close, relative, William Taliaferro Close]
  • A. William Holmes Brown
    William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
  • B. Robert Fiske Griggs
    Robert Fiske Griggs was an American botanist and ecologist known for his pioneering exploration and scientific study of Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes following the 1912 Katmai eruption.
  • C. G. Topham Forrest
    G. Topham Forrest was a prominent British architect and planner known for his influential role as Architect to the London County Council in the early 20th century.
  • D. William LeBaron
    William LeBaron was an American film producer and studio executive active during the early 20th century, known for overseeing numerous Hollywood productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • 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 Taliaferro Close
Triple: [Edward Bennett Close, relative, William Taliaferro Close]
Generated description
William Taliaferro Close was an American physician best known for his work in the Belgian Congo and as the father of actress Glenn Close.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Taliaferro Close
Target entity description: William Taliaferro Close was an American physician best known for his work in the Belgian Congo and as the father of actress Glenn Close.
  • A. William Holmes Brown
    William Holmes Brown was a long-serving Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives, known for his expertise in legislative procedure and influential role in guiding House operations.
  • B. Robert Fiske Griggs
    Robert Fiske Griggs was an American botanist and ecologist known for his pioneering exploration and scientific study of Alaska’s Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes following the 1912 Katmai eruption.
  • C. G. Topham Forrest
    G. Topham Forrest was a prominent British architect and planner known for his influential role as Architect to the London County Council in the early 20th century.
  • D. William LeBaron
    William LeBaron was an American film producer and studio executive active during the early 20th century, known for overseeing numerous Hollywood productions in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • E. Ludlow Ogden Smith
    Ludlow Ogden Smith was an American businessman best known as the first husband of actress Katharine Hepburn.
  • 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e007d7237081908dc17900ee66b64f completed April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00aade82788190a5f3cedbc22065c4 completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ab6a378c81909617da9720b51161 completed May 10, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00abf09fe4819082ee0c6c6f702822 completed May 10, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.