Triple

T2054096
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Covington & Burling E45634 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object J. Harry Covington
J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
 E361300 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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: J. Harry Covington | Statement: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, J. Harry Covington]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Harry Covington
Context triple: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, J. Harry Covington]
  • A. George D. Harry
    George D. Harry is an author best known for writing the work titled "No One."
  • B. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • C. Harold McCord
    Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Harry L. Parr
    Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
  • 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: J. Harry Covington
Triple: [Covington & Burling, foundedBy, J. Harry Covington]
Generated description
J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: J. Harry Covington
Target entity description: J. Harry Covington was an American lawyer and jurist who co-founded the prominent Washington, D.C. law firm Covington & Burling and served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
  • A. George D. Harry
    George D. Harry is an author best known for writing the work titled "No One."
  • B. J. Herbert Hollomon
    J. Herbert Hollomon was an American engineer, scientist, and academic leader known for his contributions to materials science and industrial research, including service as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Science and Technology.
  • C. Harold McCord
    Harold McCord was a film editor active during the silent film era, known for his work on early American cinema.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Harry L. Parr
    Harry L. Parr was an American attorney best known as one of the founding partners of the prominent law firm Perkins Coie.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69a8891a19508190a12ef1e192308dcb completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb9a8518081909ba95a8ef9321f12 completed March 7, 2026, 5:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b367d99b548190981f471e167198da completed March 13, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b36b9562a881908e424260db3abeac completed March 13, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36bf6c16481908f95e5f2c2aed5ed completed March 13, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.