Triple
T17078907
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Chief Sanitary Officer of the Panama Canal Zone |
E414419
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOfficeHolder |
P5750
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William C. Gorgas |
E85158
|
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 C. Gorgas | Statement: [Chief Sanitary Officer of the Panama Canal Zone, notableOfficeHolder, William C. Gorgas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Gorgas Context triple: [Chief Sanitary Officer of the Panama Canal Zone, notableOfficeHolder, William C. Gorgas]
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A.
William C. Gorgas
chosen
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
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B.
Amelia Gayle Gorgas
Amelia Gayle Gorgas was an American librarian and hospital matron who served for decades at the University of Alabama, where the main library is named in her honor.
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C.
Marie Doughty Gorgas
Marie Doughty Gorgas was the wife and partner of U.S. Army physician and public health pioneer William C. Gorgas, noted for her role in supporting his yellow fever and malaria control work during the construction of the Panama Canal.
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D.
Josiah Gorgas
Josiah Gorgas was a Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, instrumental in organizing and supplying the Confederate war effort.
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E.
Walter Reed
Walter Reed was an American film and television character actor active from the 1930s to the 1960s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Westerns and adventure films.
- 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_69d886cef44c8190ba56c44b4e863e64 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3dbe0e9cc8190b6c4b6065b474d1d |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a015fbb89fc81908d2355d36ea2469e |
completed | May 11, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.