Triple
T8578318
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Harris |
E203104
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Benjamin Harris
Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent public intellectual known for his writings and podcasts on religion, secularism, ethics, and human consciousness.
|
E744183
|
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: Samuel Benjamin Harris | Statement: [Sam Harris, birthName, Samuel Benjamin Harris]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Benjamin Harris Context triple: [Sam Harris, birthName, Samuel Benjamin Harris]
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A.
John Richardson Harris
John Richardson Harris was an early 19th-century Texas pioneer and entrepreneur who founded the town of Harrisburg and became the namesake of Harris County.
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B.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
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C.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
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D.
Henry Chase Hager
Henry Chase Hager is an American businessman and former White House aide best known as the husband of television personality and author Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush.
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E.
Samuel B. Paul
Samuel B. Paul was an insurance agent whose challenge to state regulation of out-of-state insurance companies led to the landmark 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case Paul v. Virginia.
- 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: Samuel Benjamin Harris Triple: [Sam Harris, birthName, Samuel Benjamin Harris]
Generated description
Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent public intellectual known for his writings and podcasts on religion, secularism, ethics, and human consciousness.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Benjamin Harris Target entity description: Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American author, neuroscientist, and prominent public intellectual known for his writings and podcasts on religion, secularism, ethics, and human consciousness.
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A.
John Richardson Harris
John Richardson Harris was an early 19th-century Texas pioneer and entrepreneur who founded the town of Harrisburg and became the namesake of Harris County.
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B.
Donald J. Harris
Donald J. Harris is a Jamaican-American economist and professor emeritus at Stanford University, known for his work in economic theory and development economics.
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C.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
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D.
Henry Chase Hager
Henry Chase Hager is an American businessman and former White House aide best known as the husband of television personality and author Jenna Bush Hager, daughter of former U.S. President George W. Bush.
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E.
Samuel B. Paul
Samuel B. Paul was an insurance agent whose challenge to state regulation of out-of-state insurance companies led to the landmark 1869 U.S. Supreme Court case Paul v. Virginia.
- 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_69ca8328ebe481909a8c038fa79959b4 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbea989bec81909b8c8b4af7c568ff |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce89a5d18c81908a21cf5e5944d6e1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:22 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ce8ac1dba48190bbad47a762130aab |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ce8eae70008190b2c7bbe4ce8d4c0a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:22 p.m.