Triple

T1769244
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willis Van Devanter E38834 entity
Predicate nominatedToSupremeCourtBy P31681 FINISHED
Object William Howard Taft E19987 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Howard Taft | Statement: [Willis Van Devanter, nominatedToSupremeCourtBy, William Howard Taft]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howard Taft
Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, nominatedToSupremeCourtBy, William Howard Taft]
  • A. William Howard Taft III
    William Howard Taft III was an American diplomat and academic who notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland in the mid-20th century.
  • B. President William Howard Taft chosen
    President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.
  • C. Horace Dwight Taft
    Horace Dwight Taft was an American educator best known as the founder and long-time headmaster of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.
  • D. Taft
    Taft is a small oil-producing city in southwestern Kern County, California, known historically for its role in the petroleum industry.
  • E. Owen Josephus Roberts
    Owen Josephus Roberts was an American lawyer and U.S. Supreme Court associate justice (1930–1945) known for his pivotal role in shifting the Court’s stance on New Deal legislation.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: nominatedToSupremeCourtBy
Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, nominatedToSupremeCourtBy, William Howard Taft]
  • A. nominatedAsChiefJusticeOn
    Indicates that an entity was formally selected or proposed to serve as Chief Justice on a specific date or occasion.
  • B. nominatedAsAssociateJusticeOn
    Indicates that an entity was formally selected or put forward to serve as an Associate Justice on a court or judicial body on a specific date or occasion.
  • C. appointedAsAssociateJusticeOn
    Indicates that an entity was formally appointed to the position of Associate Justice on a specific date or occasion.
  • D. chiefJustice
    Indicates that one entity serves as the chief justice (the highest-ranking judicial officer) of another entity, such as a court or jurisdiction.
  • E. swornInAsAssociateJusticeOn
    Indicates that an individual formally assumed the role of Associate Justice on a specific date or occasion through an official swearing-in ceremony.
  • 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_69a8862e61708190af97b9838cc3f5de completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ab39fc2c448190bfaf1ee8d474632a completed March 6, 2026, 8:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69addf3d06e88190a082b142ff9209ee completed March 8, 2026, 8:42 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aa61cbb1288190a7ba38b61905f578 completed March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69ab39faf69c8190bae98d3e3911078f completed March 6, 2026, 8:32 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:31 p.m.