Triple

T15893429
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Gaddis E385387 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Gaddis
Gaddis is a surname most notably associated with William Gaddis, an influential American novelist known for his complex, postmodern works.
E1182759 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: Gaddis | Statement: [William Gaddis, familyName, Gaddis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaddis
Context triple: [William Gaddis, familyName, Gaddis]
  • A. Galvin
    Galvin is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, business, and the arts.
  • B. Magruder
    Magruder is a surname most notably associated with Jeb Stuart Magruder, a key figure in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
  • C. McDougal
    McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
  • D. Stigler
    Stigler is a surname most prominently associated with George Stigler, the Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for his work on industrial organization and the economics of regulation.
  • E. Gould
    Gould is a surname most notably associated with Jay Gould, the influential 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier.
  • 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: Gaddis
Triple: [William Gaddis, familyName, Gaddis]
Generated description
Gaddis is a surname most notably associated with William Gaddis, an influential American novelist known for his complex, postmodern works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gaddis
Target entity description: Gaddis is a surname most notably associated with William Gaddis, an influential American novelist known for his complex, postmodern works.
  • A. Galvin
    Galvin is a surname of Irish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as sports, business, and the arts.
  • B. Magruder
    Magruder is a surname most notably associated with Jeb Stuart Magruder, a key figure in the Watergate scandal during the Nixon administration.
  • C. McDougal
    McDougal is a surname of Scottish origin, commonly considered a spelling variant of MacDougall.
  • D. Stigler
    Stigler is a surname most prominently associated with George Stigler, the Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for his work on industrial organization and the economics of regulation.
  • E. Gould
    Gould is a surname most notably associated with Jay Gould, the influential 19th-century American railroad magnate and financier.
  • 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_69d86da5b800819083a31be937d738b0 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1563727cc819086b5c18b655dd7f6 completed April 16, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffb0497cb481908e8ea4ebb9c4039d completed May 9, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffb1b0ac6481908d2e6106c0984d21 completed May 9, 2026, 10:14 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffb2461ea48190ba05f7da71b0f80f completed May 9, 2026, 10:16 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.