Triple

T8647006
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Merle Coulter E205001 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Coulter
Coulter is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
 E747783 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: Coulter | Statement: [John Merle Coulter, familyName, Coulter]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Coulter
Context triple: [John Merle Coulter, familyName, Coulter]
  • A. Alberta Cutler
    Alberta Cutler is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Cutler.
  • B. Shelby Moore Cullom
    Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. McCully
    McCully is a neighborhood in urban Honolulu, Hawaii, known for its mix of residential buildings, small businesses, and proximity to Waikiki and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • D. Culbert
    Culbert is a masculine given name most notably borne by Culbert Olson, the 29th governor of California.
  • E. Colson
    Colson is a surname most notably associated with Charles Colson, the American political aide involved in the Watergate scandal who later became an evangelical Christian leader and author.
  • 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: Coulter
Triple: [John Merle Coulter, familyName, Coulter]
Generated description
Coulter is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Coulter
Target entity description: Coulter is a surname of English and Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals in fields such as science, politics, and the arts.
  • A. Alberta Cutler
    Alberta Cutler is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Cutler.
  • B. Shelby Moore Cullom
    Shelby Moore Cullom was an American politician who served as governor of Illinois and later as a long-serving U.S. senator in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. McCully
    McCully is a neighborhood in urban Honolulu, Hawaii, known for its mix of residential buildings, small businesses, and proximity to Waikiki and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • D. Culbert
    Culbert is a masculine given name most notably borne by Culbert Olson, the 29th governor of California.
  • E. Colson
    Colson is a surname most notably associated with Charles Colson, the American political aide involved in the Watergate scandal who later became an evangelical Christian leader and author.
  • 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_69ca834e56848190abb0eeaec9dedd32 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc48112b4881908901214f41b6bf71 completed March 31, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cebc4883cc8190a6fb72005ca99512 completed April 2, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cebd2cb2e481909a2862e79482c37a completed April 2, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cebdd77b6c81908c35ee96dfe053d8 completed April 2, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:28 p.m.