Triple

T3932773
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cohen E90832 entity
Predicate precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy P25180 FINISHED
Object William Hathaway
William Hathaway was a Democratic U.S. Senator and Representative from Maine who served in Congress during the 1960s and 1970s.
E399604 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Hathaway | Statement: [William Cohen, precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy, William Hathaway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hathaway
Context triple: [William Cohen, precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy, William Hathaway]
  • A. Pierce Hawthorne
    Pierce Hawthorne is a wealthy, bigoted, and often clueless older student at Greendale Community College in the sitcom "Community," known for his inappropriate remarks and strained relationships with the study group.
  • B. John Howland
    John Howland was an English colonist and Mayflower passenger who became a prominent early settler and leader in Plymouth Colony.
  • C. Ferris Webster
    Ferris Webster was an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the Clint Eastwood prison drama "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • D. Edward Bloom
    Edward Bloom is a charismatic Southern storyteller whose larger-than-life tales blur the line between reality and myth in the novel and film "Big Fish."
  • E. William Hopper
    William Hopper was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television, including a supporting part in the iconic 1955 drama "Rebel Without a Cause."
  • 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 Hathaway
Triple: [William Cohen, precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy, William Hathaway]
Generated description
William Hathaway was a Democratic U.S. Senator and Representative from Maine who served in Congress during the 1960s and 1970s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hathaway
Target entity description: William Hathaway was a Democratic U.S. Senator and Representative from Maine who served in Congress during the 1960s and 1970s.
  • A. Pierce Hawthorne
    Pierce Hawthorne is a wealthy, bigoted, and often clueless older student at Greendale Community College in the sitcom "Community," known for his inappropriate remarks and strained relationships with the study group.
  • B. John Howland
    John Howland was an English colonist and Mayflower passenger who became a prominent early settler and leader in Plymouth Colony.
  • C. Ferris Webster
    Ferris Webster was an American film editor known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the Clint Eastwood prison drama "Escape from Alcatraz."
  • D. Edward Bloom
    Edward Bloom is a charismatic Southern storyteller whose larger-than-life tales blur the line between reality and myth in the novel and film "Big Fish."
  • E. William Hopper
    William Hopper was an American actor best known for his roles in mid-20th-century Hollywood films and television, including a supporting part in the iconic 1955 drama "Rebel Without a Cause."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy
Context triple: [William Cohen, precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromMaineBy, William Hathaway]
  • A. precededInSenateBy chosen
    Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
  • B. precededInOfficeAsSenatorFromNewYorkBy
    Indicates that one individual assumed the role of U.S. Senator from New York after another, who directly held the office immediately before them.
  • C. succeededInOfficeAsSenatorFromNewYorkBy
    Indicates that one individual was succeeded in the role of Senator from New York by another individual.
  • D. precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
    Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
  • E. precededAsVicePresidentBy
    Indicates that one entity served as vice president immediately before another entity in a sequence of officeholders.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69aed95f26e0819094b0e71974543a19 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aeedaaf3c881909539831bf3a8bf10 completed March 9, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b52887d4a48190b51df3f51ff197c0 completed March 14, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b529a1486881908ff348558199232b completed March 14, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b52a43c6f081908366d9848728f98a completed March 14, 2026, 9:28 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69aee7625ad4819097e4e8a168c19274 completed March 9, 2026, 3:29 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:23 p.m.