Triple
T16327723
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | World’s Tallest Thermometer |
E396467
|
entity |
| Predicate | commissionedBy |
P27
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Willis Herron |
E396467
|
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: Willis Herron | Statement: [World’s Tallest Thermometer, commissionedBy, Willis Herron]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willis Herron Context triple: [World’s Tallest Thermometer, commissionedBy, Willis Herron]
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A.
Willis Herron
chosen
Willis Herron was an American businessman best known for commissioning and building the iconic World’s Tallest Thermometer roadside attraction in Baker, California.
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B.
William I. Hollingsworth Jr.
William I. Hollingsworth Jr. was an American businessman best known as the husband of actress and model Sara Shane.
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C.
Norton P. Otis
Norton P. Otis was an American businessman and politician from New York, known for his role in the elevator industry and service in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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D.
Walter E. Massey
Walter E. Massey is an American physicist and academic leader known for his contributions to science policy and higher education, including serving as president of Morehouse College and director of the National Science Foundation.
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E.
George N. Humphrey
George N. Humphrey was an American businessman and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, known for shaping and promoting the administration’s fiscally conservative “Modern Republican” economic policies.
- 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_69d87f255b788190a400eba031dd85d8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e2c4dcd034819081d849003d918245 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:40 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00457324948190b803b715cea8b86d |
completed | May 10, 2026, 8:44 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:07 a.m.