Triple
T17669537
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Whitney Jr. |
E440481
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Whitney Jr. |
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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: David Whitney Jr. | Statement: [David Whitney Jr., name, David Whitney Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Whitney Jr. Context triple: [David Whitney Jr., name, David Whitney Jr.]
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A.
David Whitney Jr.
chosen
David Whitney Jr. was a prominent 19th-century Detroit lumber baron and real estate magnate whose wealth and influence left a lasting mark on the city’s development.
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B.
David Whitney
David Whitney was an influential American art curator, collector, and critic closely associated with modern and contemporary art and with architect Philip Johnson.
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C.
Stowell E. Whitney
Stowell E. Whitney was an individual significant enough in Nevada’s history or development that the community of Whitney, Nevada, was named in his honor.
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D.
Daniel Lawrence Whitney
Daniel Lawrence Whitney is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and former Blue Collar Comedy Tour member best known for his redneck persona "Larry the Cable Guy" and the catchphrase "Git-R-Done!"
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E.
Henry Melville Whitney
Henry Melville Whitney was an American industrialist and transportation magnate known for his major role in developing street railways and public transit systems in Boston in the late 19th century.
- 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_69d8b9e87e18819087104a44dc4dc5b1 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e46f67f6188190a978c7c9f462064d |
completed | April 19, 2026, 6 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 9:59 a.m.