Triple

T15770373
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Witherspoon family E382335 entity
Predicate hasNotableMember P304 FINISHED
Object Alexander Witherspoon
Alexander Witherspoon is a notable member of the Witherspoon family, recognized for his prominence within this historically significant lineage.
E1175255 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: Alexander Witherspoon | Statement: [Witherspoon family, hasNotableMember, Alexander Witherspoon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Witherspoon
Context triple: [Witherspoon family, hasNotableMember, Alexander Witherspoon]
  • A. Michael Witherspoon
    Michael Witherspoon is a fictional character known primarily as a member of the Witherspoon family connected to Gus Witherspoon in the television series "Our House."
  • B. Ben Carruthers
    Ben Carruthers was an American actor best known for his role in John Cassavetes’ influential independent film "Shadows" (1959).
  • C. Malcolm Barbour
    Malcolm Barbour is a television producer best known for co-creating the long-running reality TV series "Cops."
  • D. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • E. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • 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: Alexander Witherspoon
Triple: [Witherspoon family, hasNotableMember, Alexander Witherspoon]
Generated description
Alexander Witherspoon is a notable member of the Witherspoon family, recognized for his prominence within this historically significant lineage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Witherspoon
Target entity description: Alexander Witherspoon is a notable member of the Witherspoon family, recognized for his prominence within this historically significant lineage.
  • A. Michael Witherspoon
    Michael Witherspoon is a fictional character known primarily as a member of the Witherspoon family connected to Gus Witherspoon in the television series "Our House."
  • B. Ben Carruthers
    Ben Carruthers was an American actor best known for his role in John Cassavetes’ influential independent film "Shadows" (1959).
  • C. Malcolm Barbour
    Malcolm Barbour is a television producer best known for co-creating the long-running reality TV series "Cops."
  • D. Grant Withers
    Grant Withers was an American film actor known for his prolific work in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1950s, often appearing in Westerns and crime dramas.
  • E. Ward McAllister
    Ward McAllister was a prominent 19th-century New York social arbiter best known for codifying the rules of high society and helping define the elite circle known as "The Four Hundred."
  • 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_69d86da09a10819082fe9797b23e4664 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e051962fe08190a6201dd48196a9ee completed April 16, 2026, 3:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff877c5ae88190aeb500bb5f0d73f7 completed May 9, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff885d33708190adb157afa7dc2e07 completed May 9, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff8948cc68819085c3953226236394 completed May 9, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:47 a.m.