Triple

T1599975
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Fordney–McCumber Tariff E34368 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph W. Fordney was an American Republican congressman from Michigan who played a leading role in early 20th-century U.S. tariff legislation.
E525500 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: Joseph W. Fordney | Statement: [Fordney–McCumber Tariff, namedAfter, Joseph W. Fordney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph W. Fordney
Context triple: [Fordney–McCumber Tariff, namedAfter, Joseph W. Fordney]
  • A. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • C. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. Edwin C. Whitehead
    Edwin C. Whitehead was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and supporting advances in life sciences.
  • 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: Joseph W. Fordney
Triple: [Fordney–McCumber Tariff, namedAfter, Joseph W. Fordney]
Generated description
Joseph W. Fordney was an American Republican congressman from Michigan who played a leading role in early 20th-century U.S. tariff legislation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joseph W. Fordney
Target entity description: Joseph W. Fordney was an American Republican congressman from Michigan who played a leading role in early 20th-century U.S. tariff legislation.
  • A. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
  • B. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • C. Charles R. Fenwick
    Charles R. Fenwick was a Virginia lawyer and long-serving state legislator known for his influence on transportation policy, for whom the Charles R. Fenwick Bridge is named.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. Edwin C. Whitehead
    Edwin C. Whitehead was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and supporting advances in life sciences.
  • 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_69a885fdcb9c819081ce6f0b8cd477dd completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a9094a27908190bf0d9b5d43617192 completed March 5, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf91db342c819084d3f59157518128 completed March 22, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf9244e538819086f1ecc818e0d5cd completed March 22, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf92b95f248190b7260625ce1d18a2 completed March 22, 2026, 6:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:28 p.m.