Triple
T9183185
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William A. Egan |
E220385
|
entity |
| Predicate | succeededBy |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter J. Hickel
Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
|
E860214
|
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: Walter J. Hickel | Statement: [William A. Egan, succeededBy, Walter J. Hickel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Hickel Context triple: [William A. Egan, succeededBy, Walter J. Hickel]
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
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B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
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C.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
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D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
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E.
Morton M. Denn
Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
- 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: Walter J. Hickel Triple: [William A. Egan, succeededBy, Walter J. Hickel]
Generated description
Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter J. Hickel Target entity description: Walter J. Hickel was an American politician and businessman who served as governor of Alaska and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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A.
Charles F. Roos
Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
-
B.
Vincent Ostrom
Vincent Ostrom was an American political scientist known for his foundational work on public choice theory, polycentric governance, and for co-founding the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis at Indiana University.
-
C.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
-
D.
LeRoy Apker
LeRoy Apker was an American experimental physicist known for his contributions to solid-state physics and for his work at General Electric.
-
E.
Morton M. Denn
Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
- 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_69ca83e6d77c81909862b7afef56b1bf |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccc2553e548190898434aeda517407 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 6:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7941d893c81909f3b3bcf827e796d |
completed | April 9, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d7998acbf881909b6f063c4bf2d0a6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:20 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d79aa0cc5481908bc14cda8fb6e8b1 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:24 p.m.