Triple
T21088135
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jerome Sacks |
E519556
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William J. Welch |
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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 J. Welch | Statement: [Jerome Sacks, coAuthor, William J. Welch]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William J. Welch Context triple: [Jerome Sacks, coAuthor, William J. Welch]
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A.
William J. Welch
chosen
William J. Welch was a prominent statistician known for his contributions to experimental design and computer experiments, and for mentoring influential researchers in the field.
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B.
William H. Welch Jr.
William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
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C.
John W. Harvey
John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
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D.
Charles Goodell
Charles Goodell was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from New York who was appointed to the Senate after Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination and later became known for his opposition to the Vietnam War.
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E.
John F. Warren
John F. Warren was an American cinematographer known for his work on mid-20th-century films and television productions.
- 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_69e0b507dd9081908fb8bfcbef4c8b46 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7094cebe08190bb10f51a45c244ec |
completed | April 21, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:50 p.m.