Triple
T20372876
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bill Laswell |
E497114
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Otis Laswell |
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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 Otis Laswell | Statement: [Bill Laswell, fullName, William Otis Laswell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Otis Laswell Context triple: [Bill Laswell, fullName, William Otis Laswell]
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A.
Harold D. Lasswell
Harold D. Lasswell was a pioneering American political scientist and communication theorist known for his work on propaganda, political psychology, and the analysis of power and policy.
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B.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Schramm was an influential American scholar often regarded as a founding figure of communication studies, who also played a key role in shaping creative writing education in the United States.
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C.
Charles W. Morris
Charles W. Morris was an American philosopher and semiotician known for his work in pragmatism and the theory of signs.
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D.
Philip Drucker
Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
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E.
Dwight B. Waldo
Dwight B. Waldo was an American educator and academic administrator best known as the founding president of Western Michigan University.
- 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 Otis Laswell Target entity description: William Otis "Bill" Laswell is an American bassist, producer, and composer known for his genre-blending work across jazz, rock, ambient, and world music.
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A.
Harold D. Lasswell
Harold D. Lasswell was a pioneering American political scientist and communication theorist known for his work on propaganda, political psychology, and the analysis of power and policy.
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B.
Wilbur Schramm
Wilbur Schramm was an influential American scholar often regarded as a founding figure of communication studies, who also played a key role in shaping creative writing education in the United States.
-
C.
Charles W. Morris
Charles W. Morris was an American philosopher and semiotician known for his work in pragmatism and the theory of signs.
-
D.
Philip Drucker
Philip Drucker was an American anthropologist and archaeologist known for his pioneering fieldwork on Mesoamerican cultures, particularly the Olmec civilization.
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E.
Dwight B. Waldo
Dwight B. Waldo was an American educator and academic administrator best known as the founding president of Western Michigan University.
- 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_69e0b4a4f9b081908a5a021919c21ccb |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e678aad7b08190a710a75d6828b21e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:27 a.m.