Triple
T4438828
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Alston & Bird |
E95717
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip H. Alston Sr.
Philip H. Alston Sr. was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent national law firm Alston & Bird.
|
E439934
|
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: Philip H. Alston Sr. | Statement: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Philip H. Alston Sr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip H. Alston Sr. Context triple: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Philip H. Alston Sr.]
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A.
Alois B. Richardson
Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
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B.
Ronald J. Williams
Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
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C.
Arland D. Williams Jr.
Arland D. Williams Jr. was an American passenger who became known for his heroic self-sacrifice during the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in Washington, D.C., repeatedly passing rescue lines to others before drowning.
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D.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
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E.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
- 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: Philip H. Alston Sr. Triple: [Alston & Bird, foundedBy, Philip H. Alston Sr.]
Generated description
Philip H. Alston Sr. was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent national law firm Alston & Bird.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip H. Alston Sr. Target entity description: Philip H. Alston Sr. was an American lawyer best known as a founding partner of the prominent national law firm Alston & Bird.
-
A.
Alois B. Richardson
Alois B. Richardson was an early settler and influential figure in the development of the community that became the city of Richardson, Texas.
-
B.
Ronald J. Williams
Ronald J. Williams is a computer scientist known for his influential contributions to neural networks and machine learning, particularly in the development of backpropagation and reinforcement learning algorithms.
-
C.
Arland D. Williams Jr.
Arland D. Williams Jr. was an American passenger who became known for his heroic self-sacrifice during the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in Washington, D.C., repeatedly passing rescue lines to others before drowning.
-
D.
Philip B. Heymann
Philip B. Heymann was an American legal scholar and former high-ranking U.S. Justice Department official known for his work in criminal law, national security, and public service.
-
E.
Philip M. Landrum
Philip M. Landrum was an American congressman from Georgia best known as a co-author of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (the Landrum–Griffin Act), which regulated labor unions and their internal affairs.
- 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_69b3453ea2b48190a26f154b3b8fece5 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b355aaa9288190b95d875d343d6ee5 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b6137b97748190b8ebecaf590baad3 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b615aea38481908ffe37feadeb9a4b |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b61601898c81908e108f475f4b35d3 |
completed | March 15, 2026, 2:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:31 p.m.