Triple
T19718060
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | DeWitt Wallace |
E473531
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Roy DeWitt Wallace |
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|
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: William Roy DeWitt Wallace | Statement: [DeWitt Wallace, fullName, William Roy DeWitt Wallace]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Roy DeWitt Wallace Context triple: [DeWitt Wallace, fullName, William Roy DeWitt Wallace]
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A.
John William Wallace
John William Wallace was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Robert De Witt
Robert De Witt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname De Witt.
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C.
John Sheldon
John Sheldon was a colonial militia leader from Deerfield, Massachusetts, known for his role in defending the town during the 1704 Deerfield Massacre and later diplomatic missions to negotiate the release of captives.
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D.
John Wallace Riddle
John Wallace Riddle was an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia and later to Argentina in the early 20th century.
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E.
Bryan DeWitt
Bryan DeWitt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
- 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: William Roy DeWitt Wallace Target entity description: William Roy DeWitt Wallace was an American publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.
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A.
John William Wallace
John William Wallace was a 19th-century American lawyer and court reporter best known for serving as the Reporter of Decisions for the U.S. Supreme Court.
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B.
Robert De Witt
Robert De Witt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname De Witt.
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C.
John Sheldon
John Sheldon was a colonial militia leader from Deerfield, Massachusetts, known for his role in defending the town during the 1704 Deerfield Massacre and later diplomatic missions to negotiate the release of captives.
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D.
John Wallace Riddle
John Wallace Riddle was an American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Russia and later to Argentina in the early 20th century.
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E.
Bryan DeWitt
Bryan DeWitt is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
- 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_69d8e516dd048190a0b6c93ea3e71f58 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6440ec9e881909b75c0ebefab827f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 3:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.