Triple

T2439369
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Diocese of Alabama E53236 entity
Predicate hasFormerBishop P7716 FINISHED
Object William G. McDowell Jr.
William G. McDowell Jr. was an Episcopal bishop who served as a past diocesan leader in Alabama.
 E419915 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 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 G. McDowell Jr. | Statement: [Diocese of Alabama, hasFormerBishop, William G. McDowell Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William G. McDowell Jr.
Context triple: [Diocese of Alabama, hasFormerBishop, William G. McDowell Jr.]
  • A. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • B. William E. Conway Jr.
    William E. Conway Jr. is an American billionaire businessman and investor best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
  • C. Charles B. Wheeler Jr.
    Charles B. Wheeler Jr. was a prominent American politician and attorney who served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and later as a Missouri state senator.
  • D. Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
    Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
  • E. James G. Batterson
    James G. Batterson was a 19th-century American businessman and insurance pioneer best known for founding what became the Travelers Companies.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: William G. McDowell Jr.
Triple: [Diocese of Alabama, hasFormerBishop, William G. McDowell Jr.]
Generated description
William G. McDowell Jr. was an Episcopal bishop who served as a past diocesan leader in Alabama.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William G. McDowell Jr.
Target entity description: William G. McDowell Jr. was an Episcopal bishop who served as a past diocesan leader in Alabama.
  • A. William M. Corry Jr.
    William M. Corry Jr. was a U.S. Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for his heroism in early naval aviation.
  • B. William E. Conway Jr.
    William E. Conway Jr. is an American billionaire businessman and investor best known as a co-founder and longtime leader of the global private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
  • C. Charles B. Wheeler Jr.
    Charles B. Wheeler Jr. was a prominent American politician and attorney who served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and later as a Missouri state senator.
  • D. Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
    Sylvester L. Weaver Jr. was an influential American television executive and programming innovator who helped shape early network TV in the 1950s.
  • E. James G. Batterson
    James G. Batterson was a 19th-century American businessman and insurance pioneer best known for founding what became the Travelers Companies.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 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_69ab495b6dac8190ac82661aa1452222 completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd0db08948190b2a9e36aebbcdaa1 completed March 7, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b589a2d510819089503b77f4d21fc8 completed March 14, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b58d9ce3fc819099bf2c31b97ce2b8 completed March 14, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b58e1f52008190a4cc81832ef06ce2 completed March 14, 2026, 4:34 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:43 p.m.