Triple
T8788511
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William W. Howells |
E209101
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William W. Howells |
E209101
|
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 W. Howells | Statement: [William W. Howells, name, William W. Howells]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William W. Howells Context triple: [William W. Howells, name, William W. Howells]
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A.
William W. Howells
chosen
William W. Howells was a prominent American physical anthropologist known for his influential work on human evolution, cranial variation, and the biological diversity of human populations.
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B.
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells was a prominent 19th-century American realist author, critic, and editor often called the "Dean of American Letters."
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C.
John Howells
John Howells is a notable individual who shares the surname associated with the prominent Howells family name.
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D.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th-century American essayist and novelist best known for co-authoring "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with Mark Twain, which gave its name to the era of rapid economic growth and social inequality in post–Civil War America.
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E.
John Mead Howells
John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
- 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_69ca836168108190bb43d3dc235c1f55 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc5f89a84c819085d4cfe4e6dfbda8 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d04729c39c8190a88a28288653399b |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:43 p.m.