Triple

T5676868
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C. E125106 entity
Predicate hasNotableBurials P3803 FINISHED
Object William B. Webb
William B. Webb was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his prominence in the city's 19th-century civic and professional life.
 E572443 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 B. Webb | Statement: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, William B. Webb]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Webb
Context triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, William B. Webb]
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. George Travis
    George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
  • E. Stephen T. Early
    Stephen T. Early was a prominent American government official and longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later became the first U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Webb
Target entity description: William B. Webb was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his prominence in the city's 19th-century civic and professional life.
  • A. Lewis M. Rutherfurd
    Lewis M. Rutherfurd was a 19th-century American lawyer-turned-astronomer and pioneering astrophotographer known for his influential work in celestial photography and astronomical instrumentation.
  • B. Thomas J. Brown
    Thomas J. Brown is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine.
  • C. Alan S. Boyd
    Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.
  • D. George Travis
    George Travis is a veteran concert and theater producer best known for his long-time collaboration with Bruce Springsteen, including work on the acclaimed stage production "Springsteen on Broadway."
  • E. Stephen T. Early
    Stephen T. Early was a prominent American government official and longtime press secretary to President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later became the first U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 B. Webb
Triple: [Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, D.C., hasNotableBurials, William B. Webb]
Generated description
William B. Webb was a notable individual interred at Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., recognized for his prominence in the city's 19th-century civic and professional life.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c008295c808190acfe78915e7d656a elicitation completed
NER batch_69c02392f9f481908f7b80873589eff1 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c141158f188190af1a981614e8528e ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c1444a09ac8190acfee8a878652d16 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c143faee588190be818f875fbc21e0 nedg completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:43 p.m.