Triple

T7149846
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hillsborough Convention of 1788 E166664 entity
Predicate notableAntiFederalistDelegate P75136 FINISHED
Object David Caldwell
David Caldwell was an influential North Carolina Presbyterian minister, educator, and political leader known for his prominent Anti-Federalist role in the debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
 E645092 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: David Caldwell | Statement: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, notableAntiFederalistDelegate, David Caldwell]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Caldwell
Context triple: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, notableAntiFederalistDelegate, David Caldwell]
  • A. Stan Cadwallader
    Stan Cadwallader is an American former firefighter best known as the longtime partner and later husband of actor and singer Jim Nabors.
  • B. George Caldwell
    George Caldwell is the hapless yet resourceful book editor protagonist of the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," portrayed by Gene Wilder.
  • C. Paul Caldwell Wilson
    Paul Caldwell Wilson was the husband of Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. Secretary of Labor and a key architect of New Deal social policies.
  • D. David Duffield
    David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
  • E. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Caldwell
Target entity description: David Caldwell was an influential North Carolina Presbyterian minister, educator, and political leader known for his prominent Anti-Federalist role in the debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
  • A. Stan Cadwallader
    Stan Cadwallader is an American former firefighter best known as the longtime partner and later husband of actor and singer Jim Nabors.
  • B. George Caldwell
    George Caldwell is the hapless yet resourceful book editor protagonist of the 1976 comedy-thriller film "Silver Streak," portrayed by Gene Wilder.
  • C. Paul Caldwell Wilson
    Paul Caldwell Wilson was the husband of Frances Perkins, the first female U.S. Secretary of Labor and a key architect of New Deal social policies.
  • D. David Duffield
    David Duffield is an American billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for founding the enterprise software companies PeopleSoft and Workday.
  • E. David Semple
    David Semple was a British bacteriologist best known for developing an early anti-rabies vaccine while serving in the Indian Medical Service.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: David Caldwell
Triple: [Hillsborough Convention of 1788, notableAntiFederalistDelegate, David Caldwell]
Generated description
David Caldwell was an influential North Carolina Presbyterian minister, educator, and political leader known for his prominent Anti-Federalist role in the debates over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68886779c8190a8e3fbabffe68253 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6e7f130e08190bc5ca99f90f9de92 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7ada940e08190b16e97e363801e75 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7aeb68c3481909c6dff8ee51349ab ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7ae5767408190860c1c7bc3a769fa nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:46 p.m.