Triple
T4662477
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The New Republic |
E102565
|
entity |
| Predicate | editorInChief |
P1932
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
|
E458592
|
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: Michael Tomasky | Statement: [The New Republic, editorInChief, Michael Tomasky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tomasky Context triple: [The New Republic, editorInChief, Michael Tomasky]
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A.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg is an American journalist and author known for his long-form reporting on foreign policy and national security, and for serving as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
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B.
Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
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C.
Bennett Rosenthal
Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
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D.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
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E.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
- 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: Michael Tomasky Triple: [The New Republic, editorInChief, Michael Tomasky]
Generated description
Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tomasky Target entity description: Michael Tomasky is an American journalist, author, and political commentator known for his liberal analysis and leadership roles at prominent opinion magazines.
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A.
Jeffrey Goldberg
Jeffrey Goldberg is an American journalist and author known for his long-form reporting on foreign policy and national security, and for serving as editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.
-
B.
Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood is an Australian entrepreneur best known as the founder of the online travel booking company Wotif.com.
-
C.
Bennett Rosenthal
Bennett Rosenthal is an American businessman and private equity executive best known as a co-owner of the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC.
-
D.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
-
E.
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American journalist and author known for his progressive political commentary and work with The Nation magazine.
- 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_69bd43d823288190952279faa0d1d066 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd632b7fb88190821f213620719d6b |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bdfafcd3908190aabf7975017ce337 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bdfc7b84108190af39c7780f702745 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bdfd3856b48190a44f49da5fde38f6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:06 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.