Triple

T6742155
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George C. Perkins E154107 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California
James D. Phelan was an American Democratic politician and former mayor of San Francisco who served as a U.S. Senator from California in the early 20th century, known for his influential role in state and national politics and his controversial anti-immigration views.
E615132 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: James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California | Statement: [George C. Perkins, succeededBy, James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California
Context triple: [George C. Perkins, succeededBy, James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California]
  • A. Joseph R. Knowland
    Joseph R. Knowland was an American newspaper publisher and Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later owned and led the Oakland Tribune.
  • B. Phillip Burton
    Phillip Burton was a powerful and influential Democratic U.S. Congressman from California known for his liberal politics and major role in expanding the national park system and social welfare programs in the mid-20th century.
  • C. William F. Knowland
    William F. Knowland was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from California who served as Senate Majority Leader and was influential in shaping Cold War-era foreign policy.
  • D. Newton Cantwell
    Newton Cantwell was a Jehovah’s Witness whose door-to-door religious advocacy led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cantwell v. Connecticut, which significantly expanded First Amendment protections for religious freedom and free speech.
  • E. John Garamendi
    John Garamendi is an American politician and public official who has served in roles including California insurance commissioner and U.S. Representative.
  • 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: James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California
Triple: [George C. Perkins, succeededBy, James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California]
Generated description
James D. Phelan was an American Democratic politician and former mayor of San Francisco who served as a U.S. Senator from California in the early 20th century, known for his influential role in state and national politics and his controversial anti-immigration views.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James D. Phelan as U.S. Senator from California
Target entity description: James D. Phelan was an American Democratic politician and former mayor of San Francisco who served as a U.S. Senator from California in the early 20th century, known for his influential role in state and national politics and his controversial anti-immigration views.
  • A. Joseph R. Knowland
    Joseph R. Knowland was an American newspaper publisher and Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and later owned and led the Oakland Tribune.
  • B. Phillip Burton
    Phillip Burton was a powerful and influential Democratic U.S. Congressman from California known for his liberal politics and major role in expanding the national park system and social welfare programs in the mid-20th century.
  • C. William F. Knowland
    William F. Knowland was a prominent mid-20th-century Republican U.S. Senator from California who served as Senate Majority Leader and was influential in shaping Cold War-era foreign policy.
  • D. Newton Cantwell
    Newton Cantwell was a Jehovah’s Witness whose door-to-door religious advocacy led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Cantwell v. Connecticut, which significantly expanded First Amendment protections for religious freedom and free speech.
  • E. John Garamendi
    John Garamendi is an American politician and public official who has served in roles including California insurance commissioner and U.S. Representative.
  • 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_69c6880d84d8819095d19de2295f26ac completed March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6d1b245988190a9d5260f4872bbea completed March 27, 2026, 6:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c70b11b828819084d5a21dde5f1f5b completed March 27, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c70bb0714c819094e80a2dfc960c99 completed March 27, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c70c51e0148190be64afb56690b34f completed March 27, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:10 p.m.