Triple
T8464290
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis Van Devanter |
E200120
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Howard Taft |
E19987
|
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 Howard Taft | Statement: [Willis Van Devanter, appointedBy, William Howard Taft]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Howard Taft Context triple: [Willis Van Devanter, appointedBy, William Howard Taft]
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A.
William Howard Taft III
William Howard Taft III was an American diplomat and academic who notably served as U.S. Ambassador to Ireland in the mid-20th century.
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B.
President William Howard Taft
chosen
President William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States, known for his trust-busting policies, later service as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and significant administrative reforms.
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C.
Horace Dwight Taft
Horace Dwight Taft was an American educator best known as the founder and long-time headmaster of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut.
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D.
Henry W. Taft
Henry W. Taft was an American antitrust lawyer and public servant, known as the brother of U.S. President William Howard Taft and a prominent figure in early 20th-century legal and civic affairs.
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E.
Taft
Taft is a small oil-producing city in southwestern Kern County, California, known historically for its role in the petroleum industry.
- 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_69ca83198c4c8190a337bf717d1813f5 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe4a39bd48190b72be7e03cff323b |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce6ccf66d48190a457e0ea869b278e |
completed | April 2, 2026, 1:19 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:11 p.m.