Triple

T5122240
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lawrence B. Slobodkin E115495 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Nelson G. Hairston Sr.
Nelson G. Hairston Sr. was an influential American ecologist best known for his work on trophic dynamics and the "green world" hypothesis, which helped shape modern ecological theory.
 E511756 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: Nelson G. Hairston Sr. | Statement: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Nelson G. Hairston Sr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nelson G. Hairston Sr.
Context triple: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Nelson G. Hairston Sr.]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Turlington W. Harvey
    Turlington W. Harvey was an early landowner and developer whose name was given to the city of Harvey, Illinois.
  • C. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • D. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • E. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • 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: Nelson G. Hairston Sr.
Triple: [Lawrence B. Slobodkin, coAuthor, Nelson G. Hairston Sr.]
Generated description
Nelson G. Hairston Sr. was an influential American ecologist best known for his work on trophic dynamics and the "green world" hypothesis, which helped shape modern ecological theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nelson G. Hairston Sr.
Target entity description: Nelson G. Hairston Sr. was an influential American ecologist best known for his work on trophic dynamics and the "green world" hypothesis, which helped shape modern ecological theory.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Turlington W. Harvey
    Turlington W. Harvey was an early landowner and developer whose name was given to the city of Harvey, Illinois.
  • C. James L. Wilmeth
    James L. Wilmeth was an American government official who served as a senior federal financial administrator in the early 20th century.
  • D. George N. Clements
    George N. Clements was an influential linguist and phonologist known for his work on feature geometry and the theory of syllable structure.
  • E. Charles S. Hamlin
    Charles S. Hamlin was an American lawyer and public official who became the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, helping to establish the early framework of U.S. central banking policy.
  • 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_69bd4442ade0819087b9461f892b206b completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd780341ac8190b7403811d340c74f completed March 20, 2026, 4:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf186b92a48190a167a5712667809b completed March 21, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf195d26e88190b86c16cd6adc7c5c completed March 21, 2026, 10:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf1a0bbed08190bf21bd99343b90a4 completed March 21, 2026, 10:22 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:42 p.m.