Triple

T1943326
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Franklin E42003 entity
Predicate successorInOffice P78 FINISHED
Object William Livingston
William Livingston was an American Revolutionary leader, lawyer, and the first governor of the state of New Jersey, serving from 1776 until his death in 1790.
E219622 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Livingston | Statement: [William Franklin, successorInOffice, William Livingston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Livingston
Context triple: [William Franklin, successorInOffice, William Livingston]
  • A. Philip Livingston
    Philip Livingston was an American merchant and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New York.
  • B. Robert R. Livingston
    Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
  • C. William Paterson
    William Paterson was an American statesman, New Jersey governor, and U.S. Supreme Court justice who played a key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution, including proposing the New Jersey Plan.
  • D. William Franklin
    William Franklin was the Loyalist last colonial governor of New Jersey and the illegitimate son of American statesman Benjamin Franklin.
  • E. Thomas McKean
    Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
  • 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: William Livingston
Triple: [William Franklin, successorInOffice, William Livingston]
Generated description
William Livingston was an American Revolutionary leader, lawyer, and the first governor of the state of New Jersey, serving from 1776 until his death in 1790.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Livingston
Target entity description: William Livingston was an American Revolutionary leader, lawyer, and the first governor of the state of New Jersey, serving from 1776 until his death in 1790.
  • A. Philip Livingston
    Philip Livingston was an American merchant and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New York.
  • B. Robert R. Livingston
    Robert R. Livingston was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who helped draft the Declaration of Independence and later negotiated the Louisiana Purchase as U.S. minister to France.
  • C. William Paterson
    William Paterson was an American statesman, New Jersey governor, and U.S. Supreme Court justice who played a key role in drafting the U.S. Constitution, including proposing the New Jersey Plan.
  • D. William Franklin
    William Franklin was the Loyalist last colonial governor of New Jersey and the illegitimate son of American statesman Benjamin Franklin.
  • E. Thomas McKean
    Thomas McKean was an American lawyer, statesman, and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence and later served as governor of Pennsylvania.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: successorInOffice
Context triple: [William Franklin, successorInOffice, William Livingston]
  • A. successorOfficeTo
    Indicates that one office or position directly follows and replaces another in an official sequence or hierarchy.
  • B. successorOfficeEstablished
    Indicates that a new office or position was formally created to replace or succeed a previous one.
  • C. succeededByAsHeadOfState
    Indicates that one individual directly followed another in the role of head of state.
  • D. successor chosen
    Indicates that one entity directly follows another in an ordered sequence or position.
  • E. countrySuccessor
    Indicates that one country is the direct successor state to another, inheriting its sovereignty or international status.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb32ebae881908f7541301f0198ae completed March 7, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbb9b594819096747b580ec18fee completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 completed March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abaff25a588190bb4cbc8df9fc6d64 completed March 7, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.