Triple
T4704682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert Smith Todd |
E104363
|
entity |
| Predicate | fatherOf |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
David Todd
David Todd was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Kentucky, best known as a member of the prominent Todd family that included Mary Todd Lincoln.
|
E466137
|
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: David Todd | Statement: [Robert Smith Todd, fatherOf, David Todd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Todd Context triple: [Robert Smith Todd, fatherOf, David Todd]
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A.
Donald Todd
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
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B.
John Todd
John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
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C.
David Dodge
David Dodge is a Canadian economist and public servant best known for serving as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008.
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D.
David Dodge
David Dodge was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century crime and adventure novels, including the book that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
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E.
David Duffield
David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
- 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: David Todd Triple: [Robert Smith Todd, fatherOf, David Todd]
Generated description
David Todd was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Kentucky, best known as a member of the prominent Todd family that included Mary Todd Lincoln.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Todd Target entity description: David Todd was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician from Kentucky, best known as a member of the prominent Todd family that included Mary Todd Lincoln.
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A.
Donald Todd
Donald Todd is an American television writer and producer known for his work on series such as "This Is Us" and "Samantha Who?".
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B.
John Todd
John Todd was a British mathematician known for his work in numerical analysis and for helping to establish the field of computational mathematics.
-
C.
David Dodge
David Dodge is a Canadian economist and public servant best known for serving as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008.
-
D.
David Dodge
David Dodge was an American novelist best known for his mid-20th-century crime and adventure novels, including the book that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s film "To Catch a Thief."
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E.
David Duffield
David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
- 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_69bd43e9b88481908582103dcadff3d9 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63d1e9c48190bad5f7d68bf0f622 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be39dd7d9c8190912044c8616cf8a0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be3af59ef88190a5acc493978d412e |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be3c8533fc8190b512d3fec34e7e28 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:17 p.m.