Triple
T6503734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Among the Living |
E148953
|
entity |
| Predicate | starring |
P1507
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest Whitman
Ernest Whitman was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and on radio during the 1930s and 1940s.
|
E600501
|
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: Ernest Whitman | Statement: [Among the Living, starring, Ernest Whitman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Whitman Context triple: [Among the Living, starring, Ernest Whitman]
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A.
George Whitman
George Whitman was an American-born bookseller and literary figure best known for running and transforming Paris’s iconic Shakespeare and Company bookshop into a haven for writers and readers.
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B.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
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C.
Frank Seiberling
Frank Seiberling was an American industrialist best known for founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which became one of the world’s leading tire manufacturers.
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D.
Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
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E.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
- 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: Ernest Whitman Triple: [Among the Living, starring, Ernest Whitman]
Generated description
Ernest Whitman was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and on radio during the 1930s and 1940s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest Whitman Target entity description: Ernest Whitman was an American character actor known for his supporting roles in films and on radio during the 1930s and 1940s.
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A.
George Whitman
George Whitman was an American-born bookseller and literary figure best known for running and transforming Paris’s iconic Shakespeare and Company bookshop into a haven for writers and readers.
-
B.
Edwin Blashfield
Edwin Blashfield was an American muralist and painter best known for his large-scale allegorical works in prominent public buildings across the United States.
-
C.
Frank Seiberling
Frank Seiberling was an American industrialist best known for founding the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, which became one of the world’s leading tire manufacturers.
-
D.
Walter Pitman
Walter Pitman was an American geophysicist and oceanographer known for his pioneering work on seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
-
E.
Charles Stillman
Charles Stillman was an American labor leader and educator best known for helping to establish the American Federation of Teachers as a national teachers’ union.
- 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_69c687e9ad288190bae5bcac9c8ac855 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c699647ad08190ac0bfd78907d0c3b |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c6cb3c524481909d9c822e928dc821 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c6cd03c56c8190a0e7c69597ab8c83 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:31 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c6cdfc23988190a4062abbcc312cb4 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 1:42 p.m.