Triple

T16255782
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject W. Paul Cole, Jr. E394622 entity
Predicate hasGivenName P17 FINISHED
Object W. Paul
W. Paul is the given name of W. Paul Cole, Jr., an individual identified in this context by that personal name.
 E1202516 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: W. Paul | Statement: [W. Paul Cole, Jr., hasGivenName, W. Paul]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Paul
Context triple: [W. Paul Cole, Jr., hasGivenName, W. Paul]
  • A. John M. Woolsey
    John M. Woolsey was a U.S. federal judge best known for his landmark 1933 decision lifting the ban on James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses" and reshaping American obscenity law.
  • B. Ronald Wilson
    Ronald Wilson was a television director best known for his work on the BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s political novel series "The Pallisers."
  • C. Paul N. McCloskey Jr.
    Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey Jr. is a former Republican U.S. Congressman from California known for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War and his role as a reform-minded critic of executive power and intelligence abuses.
  • D. William Weaver
    William Weaver was a prominent American translator renowned for bringing major Italian literary works, including Umberto Eco’s novels, to English-speaking audiences.
  • E. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • 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: W. Paul
Triple: [W. Paul Cole, Jr., hasGivenName, W. Paul]
Generated description
W. Paul is the given name of W. Paul Cole, Jr., an individual identified in this context by that personal name.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: W. Paul
Target entity description: W. Paul is the given name of W. Paul Cole, Jr., an individual identified in this context by that personal name.
  • A. John M. Woolsey
    John M. Woolsey was a U.S. federal judge best known for his landmark 1933 decision lifting the ban on James Joyce’s novel "Ulysses" and reshaping American obscenity law.
  • B. Ronald Wilson
    Ronald Wilson was a television director best known for his work on the BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope’s political novel series "The Pallisers."
  • C. Paul N. McCloskey Jr.
    Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey Jr. is a former Republican U.S. Congressman from California known for his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War and his role as a reform-minded critic of executive power and intelligence abuses.
  • D. William Weaver
    William Weaver was a prominent American translator renowned for bringing major Italian literary works, including Umberto Eco’s novels, to English-speaking audiences.
  • E. William M. Rice
    William M. Rice was an American businessman and philanthropist best known as the founder and namesake of Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e2459a48f081909c76b38741b8f04e completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000ee9bc4c8190bb7e54ed2ad162b3 completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0011995ff481908bbca9f9cfb41bf0 completed May 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0012669ff48190884367b92962a6d4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.