Triple

T4800174
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Durand E106813 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William F. Durand
William F. Durand was an American engineer and educator renowned as a pioneer in aeronautics and fluid mechanics and a key figure in the early development of the U.S. aviation program.
 E875071 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 F. Durand | Statement: [Durand, hasNotableBearer, William F. Durand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William F. Durand
Context triple: [Durand, hasNotableBearer, William F. Durand]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Charles L. Phillippi
    Charles L. Phillippi, better known as Deacon Phillippe, was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his key role with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
  • C. John H. Dimond
    John H. Dimond was a prominent Alaskan jurist and early state leader who played a key role in shaping Alaska’s legal and constitutional foundations.
  • D. William H. Demarest
    William H. Demarest was an American educator who served as president of Rutgers College in the early 20th century.
  • E. William R. Caddy
    William R. Caddy was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II.
  • 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 F. Durand
Triple: [Durand, hasNotableBearer, William F. Durand]
Generated description
William F. Durand was an American engineer and educator renowned as a pioneer in aeronautics and fluid mechanics and a key figure in the early development of the U.S. aviation program.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William F. Durand
Target entity description: William F. Durand was an American engineer and educator renowned as a pioneer in aeronautics and fluid mechanics and a key figure in the early development of the U.S. aviation program.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Charles L. Phillippi
    Charles L. Phillippi, better known as Deacon Phillippe, was an early 20th-century Major League Baseball pitcher renowned for his key role with the Pittsburgh Pirates, including in the inaugural 1903 World Series.
  • C. John H. Dimond
    John H. Dimond was a prominent Alaskan jurist and early state leader who played a key role in shaping Alaska’s legal and constitutional foundations.
  • D. William H. Demarest
    William H. Demarest was an American educator who served as president of Rutgers College in the early 20th century.
  • E. William R. Caddy
    William R. Caddy was a United States Marine and Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II.
  • 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd663512d0819099064903613108d9 completed March 20, 2026, 3:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d96af89e48819093a6c149ac988391 completed April 10, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d96d85f9648190a43c8c924f5139e3 completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d96e1a36688190b97ced745bc6a30d completed April 10, 2026, 9:39 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.