Triple
T18973707
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt |
E464237
|
entity |
| Predicate | middleNames |
P143
|
FINISHED |
| Object | E. Lee |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: E. Lee | Statement: [Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, middleNames, E. Lee]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Lee Context triple: [Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, middleNames, E. Lee]
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A.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American archaeologist best known for directing the mid-20th-century excavations at the ancient Roman site of Cosa in Italy.
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B.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American civil engineer and developer known for founding and naming the Southern California townsite of Moreno.
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C.
Don L. Lee
Don L. Lee, better known as Haki R. Madhubuti, is an influential African American poet, essayist, and educator associated with the Black Arts Movement.
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D.
Stephen Dill Lee
Stephen Dill Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent educator and the first president of Mississippi State University.
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E.
William States Lee
William States Lee was an influential American engineer and energy industry leader whose contributions to power generation and engineering education led to a major engineering college being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: E. Lee Target entity description: E. Lee is the middle portion of the full name "Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt," a fictional U.S. Army soldier from James Jones's novel "From Here to Eternity."
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A.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American archaeologist best known for directing the mid-20th-century excavations at the ancient Roman site of Cosa in Italy.
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B.
Frank E. Brown
Frank E. Brown was an American civil engineer and developer known for founding and naming the Southern California townsite of Moreno.
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C.
Don L. Lee
Don L. Lee, better known as Haki R. Madhubuti, is an influential African American poet, essayist, and educator associated with the Black Arts Movement.
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D.
Stephen Dill Lee
Stephen Dill Lee was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who later became a prominent educator and the first president of Mississippi State University.
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E.
William States Lee
William States Lee was an influential American engineer and energy industry leader whose contributions to power generation and engineering education led to a major engineering college being named in his honor.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: middleNames Context triple: [Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, middleNames, E. Lee]
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A.
middleName
chosen
Indicates that one entity is the middle name of another entity.
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B.
middleNameOrigin
Indicates the source or cultural/linguistic origin from which a person's middle name is derived.
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C.
middleNameInitial
Indicates that one entity is the initial letter of the middle name of another entity.
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D.
middleInitial
Indicates that an entity has a specific middle initial as part of its personal name.
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E.
isCommonAsMiddleName
Indicates that a given name is frequently used as a middle name rather than as a first or last name.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (3 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_69d8dd008af48190a97ff1c6488edf1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d61d7728819096f0baea75658a6a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:30 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e4a2f437648190b85650dae8885d48 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, noon