Triple
T7217965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John W. Dower |
E150183
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John W. Dower |
E150183
|
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: John W. Dower | Statement: [John W. Dower, name, John W. Dower]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Dower Context triple: [John W. Dower, name, John W. Dower]
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A.
John W. Dower
chosen
John W. Dower is an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on modern Japanese history and U.S.–Japan relations.
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B.
Chalmers Johnson
Chalmers Johnson was an American political scientist and author best known for his influential critiques of U.S. foreign policy and imperial overreach, particularly in works like "Blowback."
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C.
Thomas E. Gaddis
Thomas E. Gaddis was an American writer best known for his biographical works on prisoners, most notably the book that inspired the film "Birdman of Alcatraz."
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D.
Kenneth H. Jackson
Kenneth H. Jackson was a prominent 20th-century British linguist and historian renowned for his pioneering research on the history and development of the Celtic languages.
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E.
James W. Nye
James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
- 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_69c687effb44819092b95d07d0368c9f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6e99170d88190b1aef326a7d81134 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7cbfb46388190992cc98039e71748 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 12:39 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:53 p.m.