Triple
T4300458
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William David Snodgrass |
E99821
|
entity |
| Predicate | alsoKnownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | W. D. Snodgrass |
E309660
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: W. D. Snodgrass | Statement: [William David Snodgrass, alsoKnownAs, W. D. Snodgrass]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: W. D. Snodgrass Context triple: [William David Snodgrass, alsoKnownAs, W. D. Snodgrass]
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A.
W. D. Snodgrass
chosen
W. D. Snodgrass was an American poet whose intensely personal, emotionally candid verse helped define and popularize the confessional poetry movement in the mid-20th century.
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B.
Milton Carruth
Milton Carruth was an American film editor known for his work on numerous Hollywood productions from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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C.
Murray Kinnell
Murray Kinnell was an English-born character actor active in early 20th-century American cinema, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
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D.
Paul Engle
Paul Engle was an American poet, editor, and influential educator best known for transforming the Iowa Writers' Workshop into a leading center for creative writing.
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E.
Cecil Purdy
Cecil Purdy was an Australian chess player, writer, and the first official World Correspondence Chess Champion, renowned for his instructional contributions to the game.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69b345528ebc8190b5abc7e95094792d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b3509e8cb481909ccca7992aac31a3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5d0774d388190aaff15f528fe1bc2 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 9:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.