Triple

T2673367
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walter H. Shorenstein E56400 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Douglas W. Shorenstein
Douglas W. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate investor and developer who led the San Francisco–based Shorenstein Company and became a major figure in commercial property ownership nationwide.
E56400 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: Douglas W. Shorenstein | Statement: [Walter H. Shorenstein, child, Douglas W. Shorenstein]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas W. Shorenstein
Context triple: [Walter H. Shorenstein, child, Douglas W. Shorenstein]
  • A. Walter H. Shorenstein
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • B. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • C. Kevin Phillips
    Kevin Phillips was an American political strategist and writer known for shaping and popularizing the Republican Party’s “Southern Strategy” and analyzing long-term shifts in U.S. electoral politics.
  • D. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • E. Walter Neustadt
    Walter Neustadt was a philanthropist and patron of the arts whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • 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: Douglas W. Shorenstein
Triple: [Walter H. Shorenstein, child, Douglas W. Shorenstein]
Generated description
Douglas W. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate investor and developer who led the San Francisco–based Shorenstein Company and became a major figure in commercial property ownership nationwide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Douglas W. Shorenstein
Target entity description: Douglas W. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate investor and developer who led the San Francisco–based Shorenstein Company and became a major figure in commercial property ownership nationwide.
  • A. Walter H. Shorenstein chosen
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • B. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • C. Kevin Phillips
    Kevin Phillips was an American political strategist and writer known for shaping and popularizing the Republican Party’s “Southern Strategy” and analyzing long-term shifts in U.S. electoral politics.
  • D. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • E. Walter Neustadt
    Walter Neustadt was a philanthropist and patron of the arts whose legacy is honored through the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ab4a4b13fc81909dfdb3f23da46832 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd9b08b1c8190824342fc63e555d2 completed March 7, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afaf54711881909936ecf850ff6e2e completed March 10, 2026, 5:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afb000ed448190a3d6db802eb88958 completed March 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afb07e1d2c8190a8b8da3d3641b36c completed March 10, 2026, 5:47 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.