Triple

T7758286
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Times Union E175952 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Cassidy
William Cassidy is the founder of the Times Union, a regional newspaper based in Albany, New York.
E689097 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 Cassidy | Statement: [Times Union, foundedBy, William Cassidy]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cassidy
Context triple: [Times Union, foundedBy, William Cassidy]
  • A. Hugh Cassidy
    Hugh Cassidy is the father of acclaimed American singer Eva Cassidy and was a significant influence and supporter in her musical development.
  • B. Michael Costigan
    Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
  • C. Christopher Fettes
    Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
  • D. Patrick Breen
    Patrick Breen was an Irish-American pioneer best known for keeping a detailed diary as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party during its entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847.
  • E. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • 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 Cassidy
Triple: [Times Union, foundedBy, William Cassidy]
Generated description
William Cassidy is the founder of the Times Union, a regional newspaper based in Albany, New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Cassidy
Target entity description: William Cassidy is the founder of the Times Union, a regional newspaper based in Albany, New York.
  • A. Hugh Cassidy
    Hugh Cassidy is the father of acclaimed American singer Eva Cassidy and was a significant influence and supporter in her musical development.
  • B. Michael Costigan
    Michael Costigan is a film and television producer known for his work on various high-profile projects, including serving as an executive producer on the miniseries "A Teacher."
  • C. Christopher Fettes
    Christopher Fettes is a theatre educator and director best known as the co-founder of Drama Centre London, an influential British drama school.
  • D. Patrick Breen
    Patrick Breen was an Irish-American pioneer best known for keeping a detailed diary as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party during its entrapment in the Sierra Nevada in the winter of 1846–1847.
  • E. Philip Keenan
    Philip Keenan was an American astronomer best known for co-developing the Morgan–Keenan (MK) stellar classification system that remains a standard in astrophysics.
  • 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_69c6996180088190832e38e8d83ff54a completed March 27, 2026, 2:51 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c703dcb26881909d72a280108864bf completed March 27, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c8ef0b6bb88190b5f98897ccbc07a6 completed March 29, 2026, 9:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8eff5a330819080b4abe2179bca46 completed March 29, 2026, 9:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c8f088fa3c8190bf13aa7a98b4e886 completed March 29, 2026, 9:27 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:09 p.m.