Triple

T3870377
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject World’s Tallest Thermometer E91969 entity
Predicate builtBy P972 FINISHED
Object Willis Herron
Willis Herron was an American businessman best known for commissioning and building the iconic World’s Tallest Thermometer roadside attraction in Baker, California.
E396467 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: Willis Herron | Statement: [World’s Tallest Thermometer, builtBy, Willis Herron]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willis Herron
Context triple: [World’s Tallest Thermometer, builtBy, Willis Herron]
  • A. Louis D. Wilson
    Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
  • B. Frederick H. Hauck
    Frederick H. Hauck is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s.
  • C. Harcourt Williams
    Harcourt Williams was a British actor and theatre director known for his work with the Old Vic and appearances in classic film adaptations of Shakespeare.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Ralph B. Lloyd
    Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
  • 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: Willis Herron
Triple: [World’s Tallest Thermometer, builtBy, Willis Herron]
Generated description
Willis Herron was an American businessman best known for commissioning and building the iconic World’s Tallest Thermometer roadside attraction in Baker, California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willis Herron
Target entity description: Willis Herron was an American businessman best known for commissioning and building the iconic World’s Tallest Thermometer roadside attraction in Baker, California.
  • A. Louis D. Wilson
    Louis D. Wilson was a 19th-century North Carolina politician and military officer after whom the city of Wilson, North Carolina, is named.
  • B. Frederick H. Hauck
    Frederick H. Hauck is a retired U.S. Navy captain and NASA astronaut who commanded multiple Space Shuttle missions during the 1980s.
  • C. Harcourt Williams
    Harcourt Williams was a British actor and theatre director known for his work with the Old Vic and appearances in classic film adaptations of Shakespeare.
  • D. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • E. Ralph B. Lloyd
    Ralph B. Lloyd was an American oilman and real estate developer whose investments and land holdings played a major role in shaping urban districts in the western United States.
  • 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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeec533828819080f52dae15fdbecd completed March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b51c83512c81908db2e442b7d2aca0 completed March 14, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b51cf79be481909f4749c86b41ee00 completed March 14, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b51d73ecd48190881c15ff6e0daea0 completed March 14, 2026, 8:33 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:20 p.m.