Triple

T2477979
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States v. Daniel Ellsberg E55133 entity
Predicate judge P3169 FINISHED
Object William Matthew Byrne Jr.
William Matthew Byrne Jr. was a United States federal judge best known for presiding over the Pentagon Papers case involving Daniel Ellsberg.
E269895 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 Matthew Byrne Jr. | Statement: [United States v. Daniel Ellsberg, judge, William Matthew Byrne Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Matthew Byrne Jr.
Context triple: [United States v. Daniel Ellsberg, judge, William Matthew Byrne Jr.]
  • A. John O’Keefe
    John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
  • B. Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr.
    Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. was an influential American political figure and sports executive who served as U.S. Postmaster General, chaired the Democratic National Committee, and later became commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
  • C. James Dougherty
    James Dougherty was an American police officer best known as the first husband of Marilyn Monroe before she became a famous actress.
  • D. Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle is an American actor best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the long-running television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • E. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • 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 Matthew Byrne Jr.
Triple: [United States v. Daniel Ellsberg, judge, William Matthew Byrne Jr.]
Generated description
William Matthew Byrne Jr. was a United States federal judge best known for presiding over the Pentagon Papers case involving Daniel Ellsberg.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Matthew Byrne Jr.
Target entity description: William Matthew Byrne Jr. was a United States federal judge best known for presiding over the Pentagon Papers case involving Daniel Ellsberg.
  • A. John O’Keefe
    John O’Keefe is a British-American neuroscientist renowned for discovering place cells in the hippocampus, a breakthrough that helped reveal the brain’s internal GPS system.
  • B. Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr.
    Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. was an influential American political figure and sports executive who served as U.S. Postmaster General, chaired the Democratic National Committee, and later became commissioner of the National Basketball Association.
  • C. James Dougherty
    James Dougherty was an American police officer best known as the first husband of Marilyn Monroe before she became a famous actress.
  • D. Paul Guilfoyle
    Paul Guilfoyle is an American actor best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the long-running television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • E. John Killoran
    John Killoran is an actor known for his role in the National Theatre’s acclaimed stage production of "Frankenstein."
  • 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_69ab49e279e88190ab10d7248aea9d11 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd14ef7d081909159be158bc0ce45 completed March 7, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af17aea398819092cb14b93abd0ff7 completed March 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af18f9af388190bbb4242c89d4272e completed March 9, 2026, 7:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af198534c0819090c742f39501fac6 completed March 9, 2026, 7:03 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.