Triple

T1884355
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert K. Brigham E39927 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object James H. Willbanks
James H. Willbanks is a military historian and author best known for his works on the Vietnam War and his service as a U.S. Army officer during that conflict.
E555410 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: James H. Willbanks | Statement: [Robert K. Brigham, coAuthorWith, James H. Willbanks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James H. Willbanks
Context triple: [Robert K. Brigham, coAuthorWith, James H. Willbanks]
  • A. John H. Winder
    John H. Winder was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known for overseeing prisoner-of-war camps including the notorious Andersonville prison.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • D. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • E. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • 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: James H. Willbanks
Triple: [Robert K. Brigham, coAuthorWith, James H. Willbanks]
Generated description
James H. Willbanks is a military historian and author best known for his works on the Vietnam War and his service as a U.S. Army officer during that conflict.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James H. Willbanks
Target entity description: James H. Willbanks is a military historian and author best known for his works on the Vietnam War and his service as a U.S. Army officer during that conflict.
  • A. John H. Winder
    John H. Winder was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War, best known for overseeing prisoner-of-war camps including the notorious Andersonville prison.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • D. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • E. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • 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_69a88633e4fc8190b7eb40463e048ec5 completed March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb11d3cd48190bbd3ef2cf62e0dff completed March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0bf36a45c81909f5161f30e970fef completed March 23, 2026, 4:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0c0ca548c81908382dbba5f440847 completed March 23, 2026, 4:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0c19e5ef08190abe26030e24b4d91 completed March 23, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.