Triple
T5818197
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Harvard Crimson |
E129037
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAlumni |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Tom Wicker
Tom Wicker was an influential American journalist and author best known for his political reporting and long tenure as a columnist and editor at The New York Times.
|
E551353
|
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: Tom Wicker | Statement: [The Harvard Crimson, notableAlumni, Tom Wicker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Wicker Context triple: [The Harvard Crimson, notableAlumni, Tom Wicker]
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A.
Hugh Whitaker
Hugh Whitaker is an English drummer best known for being the original drummer of the indie pop band The Housemartins in the 1980s.
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B.
Joe Wredden
Joe Wredden is an actor known for his role in the 2013 television miniseries "The Bible."
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C.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
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D.
Donald Wolfit
Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
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E.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
- 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: Tom Wicker Triple: [The Harvard Crimson, notableAlumni, Tom Wicker]
Generated description
Tom Wicker was an influential American journalist and author best known for his political reporting and long tenure as a columnist and editor at The New York Times.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tom Wicker Target entity description: Tom Wicker was an influential American journalist and author best known for his political reporting and long tenure as a columnist and editor at The New York Times.
-
A.
Hugh Whitaker
Hugh Whitaker is an English drummer best known for being the original drummer of the indie pop band The Housemartins in the 1980s.
-
B.
Joe Wredden
Joe Wredden is an actor known for his role in the 2013 television miniseries "The Bible."
-
C.
Douglas Wick
Douglas Wick is an American film producer known for acclaimed movies such as "Gladiator," "Working Girl," and "Memoirs of a Geisha."
-
D.
Donald Wolfit
Donald Wolfit was a renowned English stage and film actor, particularly celebrated for his Shakespearean performances and his powerful, often larger-than-life acting style.
-
E.
Guy Weadick
Guy Weadick was an American-born cowboy, promoter, and showman best known for creating the Calgary Stampede and helping popularize rodeo culture in Canada.
- 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_69c0084869e881908d7859492183ca7b |
completed | March 22, 2026, 3:18 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c033e36cbc81908f1ef1a1a310674c |
completed | March 22, 2026, 6:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c0a185cc78819098c0f04e7ebfb3c4 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c0a2463cb08190aa5976ebd62c30d6 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c0a2afcef88190a77c8089a1b85393 |
completed | March 23, 2026, 2:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.