Triple

T9044695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject McCune–Reischauer E216724 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Edwin O. Reischauer
Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.
 E774294 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: Edwin O. Reischauer | Statement: [McCune–Reischauer, namedAfter, Edwin O. Reischauer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edwin O. Reischauer
Context triple: [McCune–Reischauer, namedAfter, Edwin O. Reischauer]
  • A. John W. Dower
    John W. Dower is an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on modern Japanese history and U.S.–Japan relations.
  • B. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • C. Walter H. Shorenstein
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • D. Kenneth A. Ota
    Kenneth A. Ota is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of Pixelworks, a company specializing in advanced video and display processing solutions.
  • E. Tokuji Hayakawa
    Tokuji Hayakawa was a Japanese inventor and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that became Sharp Corporation and pioneering early consumer electronics products.
  • 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: Edwin O. Reischauer
Triple: [McCune–Reischauer, namedAfter, Edwin O. Reischauer]
Generated description
Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Edwin O. Reischauer
Target entity description: Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.
  • A. John W. Dower
    John W. Dower is an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning author best known for his work on modern Japanese history and U.S.–Japan relations.
  • B. James W. Nye
    James W. Nye was a 19th-century American politician who served as the first governor of the Nevada Territory and later as a U.S. senator from Nevada.
  • C. Walter H. Shorenstein
    Walter H. Shorenstein was a prominent American real estate developer and philanthropist known for his influential role in Democratic politics and major support of academic and public policy institutions.
  • D. Kenneth A. Ota
    Kenneth A. Ota is a technology entrepreneur best known as a founder of Pixelworks, a company specializing in advanced video and display processing solutions.
  • E. Tokuji Hayakawa
    Tokuji Hayakawa was a Japanese inventor and entrepreneur best known for establishing the company that became Sharp Corporation and pioneering early consumer electronics products.
  • 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_69ca83d22d488190adbce5e020e9cd1d completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc6b137cec8190bd1b812c10d9542a completed April 1, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cfebada5948190add8813ba547647f completed April 3, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cfed4fb6cc8190bb97345dd392b25b completed April 3, 2026, 4:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cfedf299908190852cc627fd7134b9 completed April 3, 2026, 4:42 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:09 p.m.