Triple
T4380674
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The News & Observer |
E99120
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel A. Ashe
Samuel A. Ashe was a 19th-century North Carolina newspaper editor, historian, and Confederate veteran who played a significant role in the state's journalism and public life.
|
E434617
|
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: Samuel A. Ashe | Statement: [The News & Observer, foundedBy, Samuel A. Ashe]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel A. Ashe Context triple: [The News & Observer, foundedBy, Samuel A. Ashe]
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A.
Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe was an American Revolutionary-era politician and governor of North Carolina after whom the city of Asheville was named.
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B.
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
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C.
F. S. Hill Jr.
F. S. Hill Jr. is a computer graphics researcher and author known for co-writing influential textbooks in the field alongside James D. Foley.
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D.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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E.
Clarence Upson Young
Clarence Upson Young was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for contributing to genre films including mystery and horror.
- 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: Samuel A. Ashe Triple: [The News & Observer, foundedBy, Samuel A. Ashe]
Generated description
Samuel A. Ashe was a 19th-century North Carolina newspaper editor, historian, and Confederate veteran who played a significant role in the state's journalism and public life.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel A. Ashe Target entity description: Samuel A. Ashe was a 19th-century North Carolina newspaper editor, historian, and Confederate veteran who played a significant role in the state's journalism and public life.
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A.
Samuel Ashe
Samuel Ashe was an American Revolutionary-era politician and governor of North Carolina after whom the city of Asheville was named.
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B.
J. Parnell Thomas
J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
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C.
F. S. Hill Jr.
F. S. Hill Jr. is a computer graphics researcher and author known for co-writing influential textbooks in the field alongside James D. Foley.
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D.
Fred C. Dobbs
Fred C. Dobbs is the desperate, increasingly paranoid prospector at the center of the 1948 film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
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E.
Clarence Upson Young
Clarence Upson Young was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic era, known for contributing to genre films including mystery and horror.
- 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_69b3454ea8f48190a49c2436624d6ef6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b35243036481909fb0a001c3cb1ff2 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:54 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5e51ff9188190aa4581d451feaafd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:45 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b5e5c1cf2c8190b397f249090e7ce6 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:48 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5e61acb988190a6f4d7b2bffb2953 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 10:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:18 p.m.