Triple
T8019412
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Safire |
E186700
|
entity |
| Predicate | nameVariant |
P744
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Safire |
E186700
|
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: William Safire | Statement: [William Safire, nameVariant, William Safire]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Safire Context triple: [William Safire, nameVariant, William Safire]
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A.
William Safire
chosen
William Safire was an American author, Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times political columnist, and former speechwriter for President Richard Nixon.
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B.
Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley is an American political journalist and commentator known for his influential work in opinion journalism and his leadership roles at several major publications.
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C.
Herb Stein
Herb Stein was an American economist best known for "Stein's Law" and for serving as chairman of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Nixon and Ford.
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D.
Frank Rich
Frank Rich is an American essayist and former New York Times theater critic who later became a prominent television producer and creative consultant, notably on acclaimed HBO series.
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E.
Russell Baker
Russell Baker was an American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, humorist, and author best known for his long-running New York Times column and his memoir "Growing Up."
- 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_69ca82ac7fc081909b1398cf025423af |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3e8bc90081909f6f5878e6f1f241 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56c213ec8190b3bd96c42d1357e4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m.