Triple
T695777
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Eli Whitney |
E13890
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Whitney
Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
|
E85532
|
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: Whitney | Statement: [Eli Whitney, familyName, Whitney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitney Context triple: [Eli Whitney, familyName, Whitney]
-
A.
Witney
Witney is a UK parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire, historically represented by prominent Conservative politicians including former Prime Minister David Cameron.
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B.
Just Whitney
Just Whitney is Whitney Houston's fourth studio album, showcasing her powerful vocals in a mix of R&B, pop, and soul tracks released in the early 2000s.
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C.
Billie
Billie is the given name of Billie Joe Armstrong, the American musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day.
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D.
Whisper
Whisper is an open-source automatic speech recognition system by OpenAI that transcribes and translates spoken language with high accuracy across many languages.
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E.
Whitney: The Greatest Hits
"Whitney: The Greatest Hits" is a compilation album by Whitney Houston featuring many of her most popular songs from across her career.
- 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: Whitney Triple: [Eli Whitney, familyName, Whitney]
Generated description
Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Whitney Target entity description: Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
-
A.
Witney
Witney is a UK parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire, historically represented by prominent Conservative politicians including former Prime Minister David Cameron.
-
B.
Just Whitney
Just Whitney is Whitney Houston's fourth studio album, showcasing her powerful vocals in a mix of R&B, pop, and soul tracks released in the early 2000s.
-
C.
Billie
Billie is the given name of Billie Joe Armstrong, the American musician best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the punk rock band Green Day.
-
D.
Whisper
Whisper is an open-source automatic speech recognition system by OpenAI that transcribes and translates spoken language with high accuracy across many languages.
-
E.
Whitney: The Greatest Hits
"Whitney: The Greatest Hits" is a compilation album by Whitney Houston featuring many of her most popular songs from across her career.
- 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_69a493406c408190957eeec9048a8fb6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a0c5f51c8190acc4915099e4b384 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dca9aa9c8190a113e782988aa7f8 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5e70510908190bcbd1c46629d05f5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7:37 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a60989aac08190a324c8d9889086f5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 10:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.