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]
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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.
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B.
John Howland
John Howland was an English colonist and Mayflower passenger who became a prominent early settler and leader in Plymouth Colony.
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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."
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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]
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A.
precededInSenateBy
chosen
Indicates that one officeholder directly held a given Senate seat before another officeholder, in terms of succession to that seat.
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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.
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C.
succeededInOfficeAsSenatorFromNewYorkBy
Indicates that one individual was succeeded in the role of Senator from New York by another individual.
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D.
precededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfStateBy
Indicates that one person assumed the role of Secretary of State after another specific person, who held the office immediately before them.
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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.