Triple
T22686395
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Collins Whitney |
E560928
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Whitney |
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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: Whitney | Statement: [William Collins Whitney, familyName, Whitney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitney Context triple: [William Collins Whitney, familyName, Whitney]
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A.
Whitney
"Whitney" is a documentary film about the life, career, and struggles of legendary singer Whitney Houston.
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B.
Whitney
Whitney is a small community in Ontario, Canada, known as a gateway settlement near Algonquin Provincial Park.
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C.
Whitney
Whitney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Las Vegas Valley of Clark County, Nevada.
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D.
Whitney
Whitney is the multi-platinum 1987 studio album by Whitney Houston that solidified her status as a global pop and R&B superstar.
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E.
Whitney
Whitney is the middle name of George Whitney Calhoun, a co-founder of the Green Bay Packers.
- 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: Whitney Target entity description: Whitney is a surname most prominently associated with the influential American Whitney family, including politician and financier William Collins Whitney.
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A.
Whitney
chosen
Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
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B.
Whitney
Whitney is a given name used for both males and females, borne by various notable figures in fields such as politics, entertainment, and academia.
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C.
Whitney
Whitney is the middle name of George Whitney Calhoun, a co-founder of the Green Bay Packers.
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D.
Whitney
"Whitney" is an American sitcom starring comedian Whitney Cummings that aired on NBC in the early 2010s.
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E.
Whitney
Whitney is a future Atlantic tropical cyclone name designated to replace the retired name Wilma on the World Meteorological Organization’s rotating storm name list.
- F. None of above.
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_69e2454d71b48190a1f80af9f82b6fcf |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f178649aac8190a9d41f5d82895bdf |
completed | April 29, 2026, 3:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 3:12 p.m.