Triple
T20877918
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James "Whitey" Bulger |
E514067
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRelative |
P367
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate | Statement: [James "Whitey" Bulger, notableRelative, William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate Context triple: [James "Whitey" Bulger, notableRelative, William Bulger, former president of the Massachusetts Senate]
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A.
William M. Bulger
chosen
William M. Bulger is an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and longtime president of the Massachusetts Senate who later served as president of the University of Massachusetts.
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B.
Maurice J. Tobin (as Governor of Massachusetts)
Maurice J. Tobin was a Democratic politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1940s before later becoming U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Harry S. Truman.
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C.
Bostin Christopher
Bostin Christopher is an American actor known for character roles in film and television, including appearing in the fantasy action sequel "The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption."
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D.
William F. Weld
William F. Weld is an American attorney and politician best known for serving as Governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later as a prominent moderate Republican and Libertarian figure.
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E.
Paul A. Dever (as Governor of Massachusetts)
Paul A. Dever was a mid-20th-century Democratic politician who served as Governor of Massachusetts, known for his focus on postwar economic development and public works.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4f733f081908a401c0b7beb0b9f |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6c6775f108190a79cd5e8c31cecf6 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:45 p.m.