Triple
T3843674
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William B. Waddell |
E93514
|
entity |
| Predicate | partnerInBusinessWith |
P282
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Hepburn Russell
William Hepburn Russell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Pony Express.
|
E404424
|
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 Hepburn Russell | Statement: [William B. Waddell, partnerInBusinessWith, William Hepburn Russell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hepburn Russell Context triple: [William B. Waddell, partnerInBusinessWith, William Hepburn Russell]
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A.
William Russell
William Russell was a British actor best known for his role as schoolteacher Ian Chesterton, one of the original companions in the long-running television series Doctor Who.
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B.
William Armstrong Russell
William Armstrong Russell was an Anglican bishop and missionary known for his leadership in the 19th-century church, particularly in overseas dioceses.
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C.
Edward Russell
Edward Russell was a key English naval officer and statesman who helped orchestrate the Glorious Revolution as one of the influential conspirators known as the Immortal Seven.
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D.
Henry Braham
Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
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E.
Arthur Bell Nicholls
Arthur Bell Nicholls was an Irish clergyman best known as the husband and later literary executor of novelist Charlotte Brontë.
- 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 Hepburn Russell Triple: [William B. Waddell, partnerInBusinessWith, William Hepburn Russell]
Generated description
William Hepburn Russell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Pony Express.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hepburn Russell Target entity description: William Hepburn Russell was a 19th-century American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Pony Express.
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A.
William Russell
William Russell was a British actor best known for his role as schoolteacher Ian Chesterton, one of the original companions in the long-running television series Doctor Who.
-
B.
William Armstrong Russell
William Armstrong Russell was an Anglican bishop and missionary known for his leadership in the 19th-century church, particularly in overseas dioceses.
-
C.
Edward Russell
Edward Russell was a key English naval officer and statesman who helped orchestrate the Glorious Revolution as one of the influential conspirators known as the Immortal Seven.
-
D.
Henry Braham
Henry Braham is a British cinematographer known for his work on major films such as The Suicide Squad, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and Nanny McPhee.
-
E.
Arthur Bell Nicholls
Arthur Bell Nicholls was an Irish clergyman best known as the husband and later literary executor of novelist Charlotte Brontë.
- 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_69aed96ce578819084ab16e3439976c9 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeebb4fd308190a636ba9dbbe57ed6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b53fe2a3dc8190bf216d6f43439e58 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b540eb53788190aa281ee38edc1729 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b541a55cb081909ec1f87a7553b6f2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:18 p.m.