Triple

T19479026

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Eric Foner	`E487328`	entity
Predicate	relative	`P37`	FINISHED
Object	Jack D. Foner	`—`	NE NERFINISHED

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: Jack D. Foner | Statement: [Eric Foner, relative, Jack D. Foner]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jack D. Foner
Context triple: [Eric Foner, relative, Jack D. Foner]

A. Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
B. Victor L. Berger
Victor L. Berger was an American socialist politician and newspaper editor who became the first Socialist Party member elected to the U.S. Congress.
C. John Hugh McNary
John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
D. Theodore M. Davis
Theodore M. Davis was a wealthy American lawyer and financier best known as a prominent early 20th-century sponsor and excavator of several important tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
E. Edward L. McDonnell
Edward L. McDonnell is a film and television producer known for his work on major projects including serving as an executive producer on the series "Shogun."
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: Jack D. Foner
Target entity description: Jack D. Foner was an American historian and educator known for his work on African American history and labor movements, as well as for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

A. Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
B. Victor L. Berger
Victor L. Berger was an American socialist politician and newspaper editor who became the first Socialist Party member elected to the U.S. Congress.
C. John Hugh McNary
John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
D. Theodore M. Davis
Theodore M. Davis was a wealthy American lawyer and financier best known as a prominent early 20th-century sponsor and excavator of several important tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
E. Edward L. McDonnell
Edward L. McDonnell is a film and television producer known for his work on major projects including serving as an executive producer on the series "Shogun."
F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e8d924388190b847cb15bb3d0aff`	completed	April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e63437b9748190a8fc6bf6b3d90918`	completed	April 20, 2026, 2:12 p.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.