Triple
T21299471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William M. Sullivan |
E525016
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Ehrlich |
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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: Thomas Ehrlich | Statement: [William M. Sullivan, coAuthor, Thomas Ehrlich]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Ehrlich Context triple: [William M. Sullivan, coAuthor, Thomas Ehrlich]
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A.
Thomas Ehrlich
chosen
Thomas Ehrlich is an American legal scholar and academic administrator known for serving as president of Indiana University and for his work promoting civic engagement in higher education.
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B.
Werner R. Heymann
Werner R. Heymann was a German composer best known for his sophisticated film scores in Hollywood’s Golden Age, particularly for classic comedies and romances.
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C.
Max Ehrlich
Max Ehrlich was a German-Jewish actor, comedian, and writer known for his cabaret performances in the early 20th century and his tragic death in the Holocaust.
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D.
Walter Willinger
Walter Willinger is a prominent computer scientist known for his influential work in Internet traffic modeling, network measurement, and the application of fractal and self-similar processes to communication networks.
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E.
H. Walter Schlichter
H. Walter Schlichter was an early 20th-century American sports executive and promoter best known for his role in organizing and managing prominent Black baseball teams.
- 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_69e0b517e6748190850d6f6ddf323d69 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7385b1c548190b940ded0163ee3ca |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:05 p.m.