Triple

T6939321
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Joan S. Birman E160631 entity
Predicate notableStudent P4838 FINISHED
Object William W. Menasco
William W. Menasco is an American mathematician known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology and knot theory.
 E628636 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: William W. Menasco | Statement: [Joan S. Birman, notableStudent, William W. Menasco]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William W. Menasco
Context triple: [Joan S. Birman, notableStudent, William W. Menasco]
  • A. Frank G. DeMarco
    Frank G. DeMarco is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and studio films, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • B. John D. Brancato
    John D. Brancato is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "The Game" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
  • C. John R. Leonetti
    John R. Leonetti is an American cinematographer and film director best known for his work on major horror films, including serving as director of photography on "The Conjuring."
  • D. John J. Tominac
    John J. Tominac was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • E. William J. Guarnere
    William J. Guarnere was a World War II U.S. Army paratrooper best known as a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose experiences were depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • 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: William W. Menasco
Triple: [Joan S. Birman, notableStudent, William W. Menasco]
Generated description
William W. Menasco is an American mathematician known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology and knot theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William W. Menasco
Target entity description: William W. Menasco is an American mathematician known for his contributions to low-dimensional topology and knot theory.
  • A. Frank G. DeMarco
    Frank G. DeMarco is an American cinematographer known for his work on independent and studio films, including the financial thriller "Margin Call."
  • B. John D. Brancato
    John D. Brancato is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing major Hollywood films such as "The Game" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."
  • C. John R. Leonetti
    John R. Leonetti is an American cinematographer and film director best known for his work on major horror films, including serving as director of photography on "The Conjuring."
  • D. John J. Tominac
    John J. Tominac was a United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient recognized for extraordinary heroism during World War II.
  • E. William J. Guarnere
    William J. Guarnere was a World War II U.S. Army paratrooper best known as a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose experiences were depicted in the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • 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_69c6884f3db4819080ad65da69386206 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6da641ce08190a133c9ba4977755d completed March 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7515880948190970cadd7adeda435 completed March 28, 2026, 3:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7524e3ef48190a78601ca290f133d completed March 28, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c752dca6e08190a087898d99c015ac completed March 28, 2026, 4:02 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:28 p.m.