Triple
T16311664
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William J. Bain Sr. |
E396070
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William J. Bain Sr. |
E396070
|
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 J. Bain Sr. | Statement: [William J. Bain Sr., name, William J. Bain Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Bain Sr. Context triple: [William J. Bain Sr., name, William J. Bain Sr.]
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A.
William J. Bain Sr.
chosen
William J. Bain Sr. was an American architect best known as a founding partner of the prominent architecture and design firm NBBJ.
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B.
William W. Bain Jr.
William W. Bain Jr. was an American management consultant and entrepreneur best known for founding the global consulting firm Bain & Company.
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C.
Donald Bain
Donald Bain was an American author best known for writing numerous tie-in and mystery novels, including many books in the "Murder, She Wrote" series.
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D.
James H. Willbanks
James H. Willbanks is a military historian and author best known for his works on the Vietnam War and his service as a U.S. Army officer during that conflict.
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E.
Will B. Johnstone
Will B. Johnstone was an American cartoonist and comedy writer best known for his work on Marx Brothers films and other early 20th-century stage and screen comedies.
- 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e288dafb608190be35bd60342bb44e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a001fa6ceb48190b937a15b94fd3cfa |
completed | May 10, 2026, 6:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.