Triple
T2349124
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Varney Air Lines |
E47403
|
entity |
| Predicate | founder |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Walter Varney |
E259068
|
NE FINISHED |
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: Walter Varney | Statement: [Varney Air Lines, founder, Walter Varney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Varney Context triple: [Varney Air Lines, founder, Walter Varney]
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A.
Walter Varney
chosen
Walter Varney was an early American aviation pioneer and entrepreneur who founded airlines that later evolved into major U.S. carriers such as United Airlines and Continental Airlines.
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B.
Lyle Talbot
Lyle Talbot was an American actor known for his prolific work in film and television from the 1930s through the 1980s, including roles in both major studio productions and low-budget cult classics.
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C.
Walter Deverell
Walter Deverell was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite painter known for discovering and first using Elizabeth Siddal as a model in his artworks.
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D.
Victor Willis
Victor Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the original lead vocalist and co-writer for the disco group Village People.
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E.
Ivan Vaughan
Ivan Vaughan was an English schoolmate of John Lennon and Paul McCartney who famously introduced the two future Beatles to each other.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6cc90d08190824a90e190d1b017 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea884ac4c8190b484db995251c136 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.