Triple
T15878961
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Donald B. Rubin |
E385023
|
entity |
| Predicate | doctoralAdvisor |
P167
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William G. Cochran |
E838227
|
NE FINISHED |
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: William G. Cochran | Statement: [Donald B. Rubin, doctoralAdvisor, William G. Cochran]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William G. Cochran Context triple: [Donald B. Rubin, doctoralAdvisor, William G. Cochran]
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A.
William Gemmell Cochran
chosen
William Gemmell Cochran was a prominent Scottish statistician known for his foundational contributions to experimental design, sampling techniques, and the development of modern statistical theory.
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B.
Ralph E. Ogden
Ralph E. Ogden was an American businessman and arts patron best known for establishing the Storm King Art Center, one of the world’s leading outdoor sculpture parks.
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C.
John O. Creighton
John O. Creighton is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions.
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D.
William H. Wiley
William H. Wiley was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey in the early 20th century.
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E.
Edgar A. Anderson
Edgar A. Anderson was an American botanist and geneticist known for his pioneering work in plant hybridization and the concept of introgressive hybridization.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d86da4e86481909f1325fdc971b5ec |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e155ff96588190b8fca1c3bf4a39a2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:34 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fffee4f84c81908b2c7e216ef159e0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:43 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.