Triple
T383214
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shorter |
E8724
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Gill Shorter
John Gill Shorter was an American politician who served as the Governor of Alabama for the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
|
E49610
|
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: John Gill Shorter | Statement: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, John Gill Shorter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Gill Shorter Context triple: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, John Gill Shorter]
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A.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
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B.
John Luther
John Luther is a brilliant but tormented London detective from the British crime drama series "Luther," known for his obsessive pursuit of justice and morally ambiguous methods.
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C.
Moses Taylor
Moses Taylor was a prominent 19th-century American merchant, banker, and railroad executive who became one of the wealthiest men of his era.
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D.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
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E.
Samuel Church
Samuel Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," recognized for his significance among people with that family name.
- 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: John Gill Shorter Triple: [Shorter, hasNotableBearer, John Gill Shorter]
Generated description
John Gill Shorter was an American politician who served as the Governor of Alabama for the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Gill Shorter Target entity description: John Gill Shorter was an American politician who served as the Governor of Alabama for the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
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A.
George Reynolds
George Reynolds was the 19th-century Mormon defendant whose challenge to federal anti-polygamy laws led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Reynolds v. United States, which helped define the limits of religious freedom under the First Amendment.
-
B.
John Luther
John Luther is a brilliant but tormented London detective from the British crime drama series "Luther," known for his obsessive pursuit of justice and morally ambiguous methods.
-
C.
Moses Taylor
Moses Taylor was a prominent 19th-century American merchant, banker, and railroad executive who became one of the wealthiest men of his era.
-
D.
Francis Smith
Francis Smith was a British Army officer best known for leading the regular troops during the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
-
E.
Samuel Church
Samuel Church is a notable individual who bears the English surname "Church," recognized for his significance among people with that family name.
- 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_69a2e7f47dd08190a4e294ccbbe46cd4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec40ff8c81909306eb2dfe1512af |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a405f431d48190b83e2eaa2fe0e587 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4068c6b708190b8f06efedc6ba2c6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a406d581888190a0380f362a844089 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.