Triple

T6358703
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject California's 12th congressional district E143055 entity
Predicate previousRepresentative P97 FINISHED
Object John L. Burton
John L. Burton is an American Democratic politician from California who served for decades in both the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, including as chair of the California Democratic Party.
E796948 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 L. Burton | Statement: [California's 12th congressional district, previousRepresentative, John L. Burton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. Burton
Context triple: [California's 12th congressional district, previousRepresentative, John L. Burton]
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • C. Charles M. Barnes
    Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
  • D. Charles J. Hatfield
    Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
  • E. Hugh S. Fowler
    Hugh S. Fowler was an American film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the Academy Award-winning editing of "Patton."
  • 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 L. Burton
Triple: [California's 12th congressional district, previousRepresentative, John L. Burton]
Generated description
John L. Burton is an American Democratic politician from California who served for decades in both the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, including as chair of the California Democratic Party.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. Burton
Target entity description: John L. Burton is an American Democratic politician from California who served for decades in both the U.S. Congress and the California State Legislature, including as chair of the California Democratic Party.
  • A. Donald W. Sherburne
    Donald W. Sherburne was an American philosopher and prominent interpreter of Alfred North Whitehead’s process philosophy.
  • B. Bradford M. Durfee
    Bradford M. Durfee was a prominent local industrialist and philanthropist from Fall River, Massachusetts, for whom Durfee Hall was named in recognition of his contributions to the community.
  • C. Charles M. Barnes
    Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
  • D. Charles J. Hatfield
    Charles J. Hatfield was an American physician and public health leader best known as a co-founder and early driving force behind the American Cancer Society.
  • E. Hugh S. Fowler
    Hugh S. Fowler was an American film editor best known for his work on major Hollywood productions, including the Academy Award-winning editing of "Patton."
  • 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_69c008d7a9c4819098d647ec47776917 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c067f72f8481908f9df0c0cdf22a52 completed March 22, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1076c28b08190a5a0ab74ccfb9909 completed April 4, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d107ebdd4c819084eff70c0b31d693 completed April 4, 2026, 12:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1085b8ce4819086fe3a006f9ea13f completed April 4, 2026, 12:47 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:32 p.m.