Triple
T16543930
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Brinkley |
E401890
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Douglas Brinkley
Douglas Brinkley is an American historian, author, and professor known for his works on U.S. political and cultural history and for serving as a frequent commentator on historical issues in the media.
|
E1222458
|
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: Douglas Brinkley | Statement: [Brinkley, hasNotableBearer, Douglas Brinkley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Brinkley Context triple: [Brinkley, hasNotableBearer, Douglas Brinkley]
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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B.
John A. Garraty
John A. Garraty was an American historian and biographer known for his influential works on U.S. history and his role in shaping major reference works in the field.
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C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
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D.
David W. Blight
David W. Blight is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his scholarship on the Civil War and the memory of slavery, particularly through works like his Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Frederick Douglass.
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E.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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: Douglas Brinkley Triple: [Brinkley, hasNotableBearer, Douglas Brinkley]
Generated description
Douglas Brinkley is an American historian, author, and professor known for his works on U.S. political and cultural history and for serving as a frequent commentator on historical issues in the media.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas Brinkley Target entity description: Douglas Brinkley is an American historian, author, and professor known for his works on U.S. political and cultural history and for serving as a frequent commentator on historical issues in the media.
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A.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
-
B.
John A. Garraty
John A. Garraty was an American historian and biographer known for his influential works on U.S. history and his role in shaping major reference works in the field.
-
C.
Kai Bird
Kai Bird is an American historian, biographer, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for co-writing the J. Robert Oppenheimer biography "American Prometheus."
-
D.
David W. Blight
David W. Blight is an American historian and Yale professor renowned for his scholarship on the Civil War and the memory of slavery, particularly through works like his Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Frederick Douglass.
-
E.
J. O. Taylor
J. O. Taylor was a cinematographer active during early Hollywood who worked on the landmark 1933 monster film "King Kong."
- 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_69d88384bc30819084229e7dcdc39a41 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3455fab34819086c77ff45b85f5db |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00758f97708190a289da0bd5d5c254 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a007680bc7c81908c81ad690035ed47 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:13 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a007728680c819082a3bd7e84edb2b0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:15 a.m.