Triple
T7632865
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | 1st Massachusetts Cavalry |
E172798
|
entity |
| Predicate | commander |
P1061
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Williams
Robert Williams was a Union Army officer who commanded the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War.
|
E678843
|
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: Robert Williams | Statement: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Robert Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Williams Context triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Robert Williams]
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A.
Robert Williams
Robert Williams is an American painter and cartoonist known for his influential role in the underground comix movement and his distinctive, surreal lowbrow art style.
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B.
Randolph Morris
Randolph Morris is an American professional basketball center known for his play in both the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association.
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C.
Jacques Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique "Dominique" Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American former professional basketball player best known as a high-flying NBA scoring star and slam dunk icon with the Atlanta Hawks in the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Charles Alverson
Charles Alverson was an American writer and editor best known for his work in speculative fiction and his collaborations with Terry Gilliam on film projects.
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E.
Manute Bol
Manute Bol was a Sudanese-born NBA center renowned as one of the greatest shot-blockers in basketball history and a prominent humanitarian.
- 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: Robert Williams Triple: [1st Massachusetts Cavalry, commander, Robert Williams]
Generated description
Robert Williams was a Union Army officer who commanded the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Williams Target entity description: Robert Williams was a Union Army officer who commanded the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry during the American Civil War.
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A.
Robert Williams
Robert Williams is an American painter and cartoonist known for his influential role in the underground comix movement and his distinctive, surreal lowbrow art style.
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B.
Randolph Morris
Randolph Morris is an American professional basketball center known for his play in both the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association.
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C.
Jacques Dominique Wilkins
Jacques Dominique "Dominique" Wilkins is a Hall of Fame American former professional basketball player best known as a high-flying NBA scoring star and slam dunk icon with the Atlanta Hawks in the 1980s and 1990s.
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D.
Charles Alverson
Charles Alverson was an American writer and editor best known for his work in speculative fiction and his collaborations with Terry Gilliam on film projects.
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E.
Manute Bol
Manute Bol was a Sudanese-born NBA center renowned as one of the greatest shot-blockers in basketball history and a prominent humanitarian.
- 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_69c69952849881908fdcea7a93bfc307 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6faa5f4f08190a7e5259a1b6fb576 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c870b95c1c8190a7d885bd0a534a6a |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:22 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c8723391f48190b60ba8952c9ccca7 |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c87401aaa48190b3e44298fcd3f37f |
completed | March 29, 2026, 12:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:57 p.m.