Triple

T5478343
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject House Parliamentarian E123409 entity
Predicate hasFormerOccupant P7727 FINISHED
Object Thomas J. Wickham Jr.
Thomas J. Wickham Jr. is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
 E522183 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: Thomas J. Wickham Jr. | Statement: [House Parliamentarian, hasFormerOccupant, Thomas J. Wickham Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Wickham Jr.
Context triple: [House Parliamentarian, hasFormerOccupant, Thomas J. Wickham Jr.]
  • A. William H. Welch Jr.
    William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
  • B. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • C. Thomas W. Sidwell
    Thomas W. Sidwell was an American educator best known for establishing the progressive Quaker institution now known as Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
  • D. David Healy
    David Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who became a successful manager in the Irish League.
  • E. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • 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: Thomas J. Wickham Jr.
Triple: [House Parliamentarian, hasFormerOccupant, Thomas J. Wickham Jr.]
Generated description
Thomas J. Wickham Jr. is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Thomas J. Wickham Jr.
Target entity description: Thomas J. Wickham Jr. is an American attorney and congressional procedural expert who served as the Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • A. William H. Welch Jr.
    William H. Welch Jr. was an American physician and public health leader best known as a founder of the American Cancer Society, helping to establish organized efforts in cancer education, research, and prevention.
  • B. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • C. Thomas W. Sidwell
    Thomas W. Sidwell was an American educator best known for establishing the progressive Quaker institution now known as Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C.
  • D. David Healy
    David Healy is a former Northern Ireland international footballer who became a successful manager in the Irish League.
  • E. Robert J. Wynne
    Robert J. Wynne was an American journalist and public official who served in senior federal financial and postal administration roles in the early 20th century.
  • 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_69bd4648883481909e9775d43300c5fa completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd964583008190bf7b94f656e4ecf2 completed March 20, 2026, 6:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf48a001c081909b0e9f1b36fd10db completed March 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf496861f08190aca539510ddfebbc completed March 22, 2026, 1:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf49c564188190b4b3a40ee09b0461 completed March 22, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:09 p.m.