Triple

T15315626
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William and Mary E366148 entity
Predicate hasMainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object William Shawcross
William Shawcross is a British writer, journalist, and commentator known for his works on international affairs, human rights, and modern history.
E1153744 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 Shawcross | Statement: [William and Mary, hasMainCharacter, William Shawcross]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shawcross
Context triple: [William and Mary, hasMainCharacter, William Shawcross]
  • A. Peter Kornbluh
    Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
  • B. Geoffrey Arend
    Geoffrey Arend is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the political drama series "Madam Secretary."
  • C. Scott Rothkopf
    Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • D. Max Löwenthal
    Max Löwenthal was a German lawyer and civil servant best known as the first husband of Elsa Einstein, who later married Albert Einstein.
  • E. Richard H. Neiman
    Richard H. Neiman is an American financial regulator and attorney who served as New York State’s Superintendent of Banks and was a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel monitoring the U.S. financial bailout.
  • 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 Shawcross
Triple: [William and Mary, hasMainCharacter, William Shawcross]
Generated description
William Shawcross is a British writer, journalist, and commentator known for his works on international affairs, human rights, and modern history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Shawcross
Target entity description: William Shawcross is a British writer, journalist, and commentator known for his works on international affairs, human rights, and modern history.
  • A. Peter Kornbluh
    Peter Kornbluh is an American historian and investigative journalist known for his work on U.S. foreign policy and declassified government documents, particularly regarding Latin America.
  • B. Geoffrey Arend
    Geoffrey Arend is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including a prominent part on the political drama series "Madam Secretary."
  • C. Scott Rothkopf
    Scott Rothkopf is an American art curator and museum director known for his leadership and influential exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • D. Max Löwenthal
    Max Löwenthal was a German lawyer and civil servant best known as the first husband of Elsa Einstein, who later married Albert Einstein.
  • E. Richard H. Neiman
    Richard H. Neiman is an American financial regulator and attorney who served as New York State’s Superintendent of Banks and was a member of the Congressional Oversight Panel monitoring the U.S. financial bailout.
  • 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_69d85a121520819093dcce999fdefe1a completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03dd1d384819098f38402a8740d91 completed April 16, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff0b3dac6c81908eaa0aaad29113ee completed May 9, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff0c1171d4819099e0d0e1411059b2 completed May 9, 2026, 10:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff10a360f8819098c8c9700b062478 completed May 9, 2026, 10:46 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:16 a.m.