Triple
T7621391
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nichols |
E172500
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Nichols
William Nichols is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across various fields, such as architecture, politics, and the arts.
|
E677448
|
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 Nichols | Statement: [Nichols, hasNotableBearer, William Nichols]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nichols Context triple: [Nichols, hasNotableBearer, William Nichols]
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A.
George Nichols
George Nichols was a 19th-century American publisher known for issuing notable literary works, including influential satirical and poetic writings.
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B.
George Nichols
George Nichols was an American actor and film director active during the silent film era.
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C.
William Painter
William Painter was a 16th-century English author and translator best known for his story collection "The Palace of Pleasure," which provided source material for several of Shakespeare’s plays.
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D.
Edward Blount
Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
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E.
George Wiley
George Wiley was an American chemist-turned-civil rights leader best known for his prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement and anti-poverty activism.
- 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 Nichols Triple: [Nichols, hasNotableBearer, William Nichols]
Generated description
William Nichols is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across various fields, such as architecture, politics, and the arts.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nichols Target entity description: William Nichols is a personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across various fields, such as architecture, politics, and the arts.
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A.
George Nichols
George Nichols was a 19th-century American publisher known for issuing notable literary works, including influential satirical and poetic writings.
-
B.
George Nichols
George Nichols was an American actor and film director active during the silent film era.
-
C.
William Painter
William Painter was a 16th-century English author and translator best known for his story collection "The Palace of Pleasure," which provided source material for several of Shakespeare’s plays.
-
D.
Edward Blount
Edward Blount was a prominent early 17th-century London stationer and publisher best known for co-publishing Shakespeare’s First Folio.
-
E.
George Wiley
George Wiley was an American chemist-turned-civil rights leader best known for his prominent role in the 1960s civil rights movement and anti-poverty activism.
- 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_69c699506b308190826894dab1d9ea86 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6fa62870c8190b17f44eb7a3ff2ad |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c8709b93c881909dd4c8a7669279db |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c87161de408190a21ed38c126a4b56 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:25 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c871e555c4819089df52fefe38ed7b |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:56 p.m.