Triple

T7507488
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bates E177426 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Bates (physician)
William Bates was an American ophthalmologist best known for developing the controversial Bates method, which claimed that eye exercises could improve vision without glasses.
E668942 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 Bates (physician) | Statement: [Bates, hasNotableBearer, William Bates (physician)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bates (physician)
Context triple: [Bates, hasNotableBearer, William Bates (physician)]
  • A. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • B. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • C. William B. Bates
    William B. Bates was an American figure of sufficient local prominence or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Glenwood Cemetery.
  • D. A. H. B. Whipple
    A. H. B. Whipple was an astronomer known for his role in the discovery of the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
  • E. Henry Harvey
    Henry Harvey was a British Royal Navy officer and admiral who served prominently during the late 18th century, particularly in Caribbean campaigns against French and Spanish forces.
  • 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 Bates (physician)
Triple: [Bates, hasNotableBearer, William Bates (physician)]
Generated description
William Bates was an American ophthalmologist best known for developing the controversial Bates method, which claimed that eye exercises could improve vision without glasses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Bates (physician)
Target entity description: William Bates was an American ophthalmologist best known for developing the controversial Bates method, which claimed that eye exercises could improve vision without glasses.
  • A. John W. Harvey
    John W. Harvey is an astronomer recognized for his significant contributions to solar physics and helioseismology, for which he received the prestigious George Ellery Hale Prize.
  • B. Dr. William Weir
    Dr. William Weir is a central character in the science fiction horror film "Event Horizon," portrayed as the troubled designer of the ill-fated experimental starship whose return from a mysterious journey triggers the movie’s terrifying events.
  • C. William B. Bates
    William B. Bates was an American figure of sufficient local prominence or historical significance to be recognized as a notable burial at Glenwood Cemetery.
  • D. A. H. B. Whipple
    A. H. B. Whipple was an astronomer known for his role in the discovery of the trans-Neptunian object Varuna.
  • E. Henry Harvey
    Henry Harvey was a British Royal Navy officer and admiral who served prominently during the late 18th century, particularly in Caribbean campaigns against French and Spanish forces.
  • 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_69c69f276b108190af2cc790b6554544 completed March 27, 2026, 3:15 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f5b76a288190bb3608a5e3bfa212 completed March 27, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c83ca56e3c81908c3bae8ad2d9ecd1 completed March 28, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c83d5884a88190a22c0fb54f9731c7 completed March 28, 2026, 8:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c84071abb88190a2dadd57ff088f3d completed March 28, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:45 p.m.