Triple

T4590715
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Warder Norton E103479 entity
Predicate knownAs P39 FINISHED
Object William W. Norton
William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
E607830 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 W. Norton | Statement: [William Warder Norton, knownAs, William W. Norton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Norton
Context triple: [William Warder Norton, knownAs, William W. Norton]
  • A. Henry A. Walke
    Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
  • B. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Samuel M. Comer
    Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
  • D. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • E. Thomas H. B. Symons
    Thomas H. B. Symons was a Canadian academic and public servant best known as the founding president of Trent University and a leading figure in the development of Canadian studies.
  • 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 W. Norton
Triple: [William Warder Norton, knownAs, William W. Norton]
Generated description
William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Norton
Target entity description: William W. Norton was an American publisher who co-founded the influential independent publishing house W. W. Norton & Company.
  • A. Henry A. Walke
    Henry A. Walke was a United States Navy officer noted for his distinguished service during the 19th century, particularly in the American Civil War.
  • B. Charles D. Norton
    Charles D. Norton was an American figure notable for helping establish the American Cancer Society, a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research and patient support.
  • C. Samuel M. Comer
    Samuel M. Comer was an American film set decorator and art director known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood productions.
  • D. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • E. Thomas H. B. Symons
    Thomas H. B. Symons was a Canadian academic and public servant best known as the founding president of Trent University and a leading figure in the development of Canadian studies.
  • 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_69bd43dccaf08190aa89e9991a289719 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5923c0c88190952137d448d474cf completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c6e3ff314c8190b66f8b0a7ae3c039 completed March 27, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6e7c75140819082a32e4662e0b07c completed March 27, 2026, 8:25 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c6e8881b848190bd6184aeaf311d24 completed March 27, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:11 p.m.