Triple

T17191626
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Handbook of North American Indians E417241 entity
Predicate editorInChief P1932 FINISHED
Object William C. Sturtevant
William C. Sturtevant was an influential American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major reference projects on North American Indians.
E1255452 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: William C. Sturtevant | Statement: [Handbook of North American Indians, editorInChief, William C. Sturtevant]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Sturtevant
Context triple: [Handbook of North American Indians, editorInChief, William C. Sturtevant]
  • A. Edgar H. Sturtevant
    Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
  • B. Alfred Sturtevant
    Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
  • C. George Washington McLintock
    George Washington McLintock is the wealthy, stubborn but ultimately good-hearted cattle baron and frontier patriarch portrayed by John Wayne in the 1963 Western comedy film "McLintock!".
  • D. Harlan McClintock
    Harlan McClintock, nicknamed "Mountain," is a fictional character known as a washed-up professional wrestler featured in the classic television series "The Twilight Zone."
  • E. Mahlon Kemmerer
    Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
  • 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: William C. Sturtevant
Triple: [Handbook of North American Indians, editorInChief, William C. Sturtevant]
Generated description
William C. Sturtevant was an influential American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major reference projects on North American Indians.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Sturtevant
Target entity description: William C. Sturtevant was an influential American anthropologist and ethnologist known for his extensive work on Native American cultures and his leadership in major reference projects on North American Indians.
  • A. Edgar H. Sturtevant
    Edgar H. Sturtevant was an American linguist best known for formulating the first version of the laryngeal theory in Indo-European studies and for his influential work on Hittite and historical linguistics.
  • B. Alfred Sturtevant
    Alfred Sturtevant was an American geneticist best known for creating the first genetic linkage map of chromosomes, laying foundational work for modern genetics.
  • C. George Washington McLintock
    George Washington McLintock is the wealthy, stubborn but ultimately good-hearted cattle baron and frontier patriarch portrayed by John Wayne in the 1963 Western comedy film "McLintock!".
  • D. Harlan McClintock
    Harlan McClintock, nicknamed "Mountain," is a fictional character known as a washed-up professional wrestler featured in the classic television series "The Twilight Zone."
  • E. Mahlon Kemmerer
    Mahlon Kemmerer was an American industrialist and coal magnate after whom the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming, was named.
  • 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_69d886d6ba8c819093215917b3d01689 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42d9ae6d88190aaca9fbb32334d65 completed April 19, 2026, 1:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a015fd393ac8190afc4c076b6cf60ba completed May 11, 2026, 4:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a016173b06081908fa80d2e530d6c2c completed May 11, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0161d384f481909db41bc8c1d263a7 completed May 11, 2026, 4:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.