Triple
T18285889
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh McCulloch |
E437981
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Walter Q. Gresham |
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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: Walter Q. Gresham | Statement: [Hugh McCulloch, predecessor, Walter Q. Gresham]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Q. Gresham Context triple: [Hugh McCulloch, predecessor, Walter Q. Gresham]
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A.
Walter Quinton Gresham
chosen
Walter Quinton Gresham was a 19th-century American statesman, jurist, and cabinet member who served as both U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of State.
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B.
William Lindsay Gresham
William Lindsay Gresham was an American novelist and nonfiction writer best known for his dark 1946 carnival noir novel "Nightmare Alley," which has been adapted into multiple films.
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C.
Tristram E. Speaker
Tristram E. "Tris" Speaker was a Hall of Fame American baseball center fielder renowned for his exceptional defensive play and one of the highest career batting averages in Major League Baseball history.
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D.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was a British mountaineer and surgeon best known for his leadership roles in major Himalayan expeditions during the mid-20th century.
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E.
Charles Evans
Charles Evans was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in mid-20th-century films and television.
- 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_69d8b914530c8190b4474d862a2b2a1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e500fa2f308190a4744a4ed630b8d9 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:35 a.m.