Triple

T17304809
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Culbert Olson E420133 entity
Predicate officeAssumedByElection P6710 FINISHED
Object 1938 California gubernatorial election
The 1938 California gubernatorial election was a pivotal state contest in which Democrat Culbert Olson defeated incumbent Republican Frank Merriam, marking a significant political shift in California during the New Deal era.
E1261293 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: 1938 California gubernatorial election | Statement: [Culbert Olson, officeAssumedByElection, 1938 California gubernatorial election]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1938 California gubernatorial election
Context triple: [Culbert Olson, officeAssumedByElection, 1938 California gubernatorial election]
  • A. 1918 California gubernatorial election
    The 1918 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of California during the World War I era.
  • B. 1922 California gubernatorial election
    The 1922 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the state's governor during the early 1920s political realignment era.
  • C. 1990 California gubernatorial election
    The 1990 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of California for the 1991–1995 term.
  • D. 1994 California gubernatorial election
    The 1994 California gubernatorial election was the statewide contest in which incumbent Republican Governor Pete Wilson won re-election over Democratic challenger Kathleen Brown amid a politically charged climate over immigration and crime.
  • E. 1998 California gubernatorial election
    The 1998 California gubernatorial election was the statewide contest in which Democrat Gray Davis was elected governor, ending 16 years of Republican control of the office.
  • 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: 1938 California gubernatorial election
Triple: [Culbert Olson, officeAssumedByElection, 1938 California gubernatorial election]
Generated description
The 1938 California gubernatorial election was a pivotal state contest in which Democrat Culbert Olson defeated incumbent Republican Frank Merriam, marking a significant political shift in California during the New Deal era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1938 California gubernatorial election
Target entity description: The 1938 California gubernatorial election was a pivotal state contest in which Democrat Culbert Olson defeated incumbent Republican Frank Merriam, marking a significant political shift in California during the New Deal era.
  • A. 1918 California gubernatorial election
    The 1918 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of California during the World War I era.
  • B. 1922 California gubernatorial election
    The 1922 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the state's governor during the early 1920s political realignment era.
  • C. 1990 California gubernatorial election
    The 1990 California gubernatorial election was a statewide contest in which voters chose the governor of California for the 1991–1995 term.
  • D. 1994 California gubernatorial election
    The 1994 California gubernatorial election was the statewide contest in which incumbent Republican Governor Pete Wilson won re-election over Democratic challenger Kathleen Brown amid a politically charged climate over immigration and crime.
  • E. 1998 California gubernatorial election
    The 1998 California gubernatorial election was the statewide contest in which Democrat Gray Davis was elected governor, ending 16 years of Republican control of the office.
  • 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_69d886db32608190a61e18862c5a8af6 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e438fe1d408190a429d1dba50d0c58 completed April 19, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0180de8340819081eae1104d705de0 completed May 11, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0181ae2d588190a4ff68094529a994 completed May 11, 2026, 7:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0182ccd104819088569cf0be87b4d3 completed May 11, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:41 a.m.