Triple
T16592731
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William G. McGowan |
E403130
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object | William G. McGowan |
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NE NERFINISHED |
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 G. McGowan | Statement: [William G. McGowan, name, William G. McGowan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William G. McGowan Context triple: [William G. McGowan, name, William G. McGowan]
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A.
William G. McGowan
chosen
William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
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B.
James T. McNamara
James T. McNamara was a public official who served as New York State's Industrial Commissioner, overseeing labor and industry-related policies and regulations.
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C.
James B. McNamara
James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
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D.
James G. O'Hara
James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Howard G. Cunningham
Howard G. Cunningham, better known as Ward Cunningham, is an American computer programmer best known for creating the first wiki and contributing to agile software development practices.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d88387363c8190a97a0c942130de97 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e35d6fcaa48190b1ba7dc3b792041a |
completed | April 18, 2026, 10:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:16 a.m.