Triple

T5731251
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New York Herald Tribune E126387 entity
Predicate notableColumnist P26052 FINISHED
Object Joseph Alsop
Joseph Alsop was a prominent mid-20th-century American journalist and political columnist known for his influential Washington commentary and close connections to U.S. political elites.
 E539461 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: Joseph Alsop | Statement: [New York Herald Tribune, notableColumnist, Joseph Alsop]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Alsop
Context triple: [New York Herald Tribune, notableColumnist, Joseph Alsop]
  • A. Murray Kempton
    Murray Kempton was an American journalist, columnist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer known for his incisive political commentary and elegant prose.
  • B. Drew Pearson
    Drew Pearson is a former NFL wide receiver best known as a star playmaker for the Dallas Cowboys during the 1970s, including his role in the famous "Hail Mary" catch.
  • C. Herb Stein
    Herb Stein was an American economist best known for "Stein's Law" and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
  • D. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • E. George Webb
    George Webb was an early 20th-century film actor who appeared in silent-era productions, including the 1917 drama "The Kingdom of Love."
  • 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: Joseph Alsop
Triple: [New York Herald Tribune, notableColumnist, Joseph Alsop]
Generated description
Joseph Alsop was a prominent mid-20th-century American journalist and political columnist known for his influential Washington commentary and close connections to U.S. political elites.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Alsop
Target entity description: Joseph Alsop was a prominent mid-20th-century American journalist and political columnist known for his influential Washington commentary and close connections to U.S. political elites.
  • A. Murray Kempton
    Murray Kempton was an American journalist, columnist, and Pulitzer Prize–winning writer known for his incisive political commentary and elegant prose.
  • B. Drew Pearson
    Drew Pearson is a former NFL wide receiver best known as a star playmaker for the Dallas Cowboys during the 1970s, including his role in the famous "Hail Mary" catch.
  • C. Herb Stein
    Herb Stein was an American economist best known for "Stein's Law" and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
  • D. James J. Kilpatrick
    James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
  • E. George Webb
    George Webb was an early 20th-century film actor who appeared in silent-era productions, including the 1917 drama "The Kingdom of Love."
  • 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_69c0083082288190b7478cead6b5430a completed March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c0335f23c081909b35020801e3ef12 completed March 22, 2026, 6:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c05a906e008190bd2b9a3481733f14 completed March 22, 2026, 9:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c05cabceac819095c4a114220efb1a completed March 22, 2026, 9:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c05d30463481909876ca02516d31cc completed March 22, 2026, 9:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:47 p.m.