Triple
T4219324
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Assistant Secretary of War |
E94299
|
entity |
| Predicate | officeHeldBy |
P537
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Cary Sanger
William Cary Sanger was an American lawyer and politician who served in the early 20th century U.S. War Department and was involved in military and governmental affairs.
|
E421034
|
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 Cary Sanger | Statement: [Assistant Secretary of War, officeHeldBy, William Cary Sanger]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cary Sanger Context triple: [Assistant Secretary of War, officeHeldBy, William Cary Sanger]
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A.
William L Whittaker
William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
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B.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
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C.
Stephen Hodgkin
Stephen Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
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D.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
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E.
James Watson
James Watson is an American molecular biologist best known as a co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
- 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 Cary Sanger Triple: [Assistant Secretary of War, officeHeldBy, William Cary Sanger]
Generated description
William Cary Sanger was an American lawyer and politician who served in the early 20th century U.S. War Department and was involved in military and governmental affairs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cary Sanger Target entity description: William Cary Sanger was an American lawyer and politician who served in the early 20th century U.S. War Department and was involved in military and governmental affairs.
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A.
William L Whittaker
William L. "Red" Whittaker is a pioneering roboticist and Carnegie Mellon University professor known for his groundbreaking work in field robotics and autonomous vehicles.
-
B.
Arthur Geoffrey Walker
Arthur Geoffrey Walker was a British mathematician and physicist best known for his foundational contributions to relativistic cosmology, particularly the development of the Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) metric.
-
C.
Stephen Hodgkin
Stephen Hodgkin is a notable individual who shares the Hodgkin surname, recognized enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the name.
-
D.
Christopher Longuet-Higgins
Christopher Longuet-Higgins was a British theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist known for his influential work in artificial intelligence and the study of human perception and cognition.
-
E.
James Watson
James Watson is an American molecular biologist best known as a co-discoverer of the DNA double-helix structure and a Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
- 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_69b3451997e08190851db4a9a588837d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34e0b2ee08190930600e1e802b325 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5963d3bd8819086465701f4c6adf5 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b596dbb19c81908080af37ecfe2497 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:11 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5976663d88190a73a729554e91074 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:04 p.m.