Triple

T2538242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Process and Reality E56321 entity
Predicate correctedEditionEditor P1954 FINISHED
Object Donald W. Sherburne
Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
E690666 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: Donald W. Sherburne | Statement: [Process and Reality, correctedEditionEditor, Donald W. Sherburne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald W. Sherburne
Context triple: [Process and Reality, correctedEditionEditor, Donald W. Sherburne]
  • A. Elbert A. Smith
    Elbert A. Smith was an American religious leader and writer who served as a prominent apostle and later Presiding Patriarch in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. Clifford B. Harmon
    Clifford B. Harmon was an American aviation pioneer and real estate developer best known for promoting early aeronautics and establishing awards that recognized achievements in flight.
  • 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: Donald W. Sherburne
Triple: [Process and Reality, correctedEditionEditor, Donald W. Sherburne]
Generated description
Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald W. Sherburne
Target entity description: Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • A. Elbert A. Smith
    Elbert A. Smith was an American religious leader and writer who served as a prominent apostle and later Presiding Patriarch in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ).
  • B. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • C. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • D. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • E. Clifford B. Harmon
    Clifford B. Harmon was an American aviation pioneer and real estate developer best known for promoting early aeronautics and establishing awards that recognized achievements in flight.
  • 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_69ab4a49b6508190bc467fbef4bac334 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd8317b0481908d6d1436732253b2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c941f469c881908e83cfd6c8191af1 completed March 29, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c945f81a708190a5c83f0f6a8f6a71 completed March 29, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c9466cb89c8190ae4a045290d1964a completed March 29, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.