Triple

T546014
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject AOC-in-C Fighter Command E12733 entity
Predicate positionHeldBy P8 FINISHED
Object John Willis
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
E156795 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: John Willis | Statement: [AOC-in-C Fighter Command, positionHeldBy, John Willis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Willis
Context triple: [AOC-in-C Fighter Command, positionHeldBy, John Willis]
  • A. Victor Willis
    Victor Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the original lead vocalist and co-writer for the disco group Village People.
  • B. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • C. Henry Willis
    Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
  • D. Willard Martin
    Willard Martin was an American architect best known for creating Portland, Oregon’s iconic public space, Pioneer Courthouse Square.
  • E. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • 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: John Willis
Triple: [AOC-in-C Fighter Command, positionHeldBy, John Willis]
Generated description
John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Willis
Target entity description: John Willis was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Fighter Command.
  • A. Victor Willis
    Victor Willis is an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as the original lead vocalist and co-writer for the disco group Village People.
  • B. Johnny Whitaker
    Johnny Whitaker is an American former child actor best known for his roles in the TV series "Family Affair" and films such as "Tom Sawyer" (1973) and "The Biscuit Eater."
  • C. Henry Willis
    Henry Willis was a businessman best known for establishing Willis Group Holdings, a major global insurance brokerage and risk management firm.
  • D. Willard Martin
    Willard Martin was an American architect best known for creating Portland, Oregon’s iconic public space, Pioneer Courthouse Square.
  • E. John McShain
    John McShain was an American building contractor known for constructing major U.S. landmarks, including the Pentagon and significant parts of Washington, D.C.'s federal architecture.
  • 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a498e150e88190b35b1bc7a376ca07 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69acce4b94d08190b7747b0b6d61e3e1 completed March 8, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69accf3931bc81908e38755e2d024270 completed March 8, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69accfb8acfc8190bba379d8bb114c29 completed March 8, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.