Triple
T6925084
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Whitehurst |
E160284
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Thomas Whitehurst |
E160284
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Thomas Whitehurst | Statement: [John Whitehurst, influencedBy, Thomas Whitehurst]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Whitehurst Context triple: [John Whitehurst, influencedBy, Thomas Whitehurst]
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A.
Thomas Whitehurst
chosen
Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
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B.
Frederick Rentschler
Frederick Rentschler was an American aviation engineer and industrialist best known for founding Pratt & Whitney and playing a key role in the development of modern aircraft engines.
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C.
John Edgar Thomson
John Edgar Thomson was a prominent 19th-century American civil engineer and railroad executive who served as the influential president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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D.
William Tracy
William Tracy was an American film actor best known for his comedic roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.
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E.
Leon Moisseiff
Leon Moisseiff was a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer known for pioneering deflection theory in suspension bridge design and contributing to several major American bridges.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69c6884d350081908d8a970e4d40ad78 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6da18b6388190947dfc1eb9e5d382 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c75859735081909382f1542271a1e4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:26 p.m.