Triple
T1961087
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 96th United States Congress |
E42387
|
entity |
| Predicate | presidentProTemporeOfSenate |
P13401
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert C. Byrd |
E78656
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Robert C. Byrd | Statement: [96th United States Congress, presidentProTemporeOfSenate, Robert C. Byrd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert C. Byrd Context triple: [96th United States Congress, presidentProTemporeOfSenate, Robert C. Byrd]
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A.
Robert Byrd
chosen
Robert Byrd was a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from West Virginia who became one of the most powerful figures in Congress and the longest-serving member in its history.
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B.
John Sherman Cooper
John Sherman Cooper was a prominent American Republican politician and long-serving U.S. Senator from Kentucky known for his moderate views and influential role in mid-20th-century foreign and domestic policy.
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C.
Sam Ervin
Sam Ervin was a North Carolina Democratic senator best known for chairing the Senate Watergate Committee and playing a key role in the investigation that led to President Nixon’s resignation.
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D.
Howard A. Smith
Howard A. Smith was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood movies, including the 1961 romantic comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
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E.
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond was a long-serving U.S. senator from South Carolina known for his staunch segregationist views, 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run, and record-breaking Senate tenure.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69a8870eea088190a38781990812a9bc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb380bfc08190ae80f8e6570494b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbcea048819091d705095f0d3f68 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.