Triple

T9201212
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Norman H. Nie E220841 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object John R. Petrocik
John R. Petrocik is an American political scientist known for his influential work on voting behavior, party coalitions, and electoral realignment in the United States.
 E819525 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: John R. Petrocik | Statement: [Norman H. Nie, coAuthor, John R. Petrocik]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John R. Petrocik
Context triple: [Norman H. Nie, coAuthor, John R. Petrocik]
  • A. Donald J. Kutyna
    Donald J. Kutyna is a U.S. Air Force general and aerospace engineer who served as a key member of the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Frank J. Mrvan
    Frank J. Mrvan is an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwest Indiana.
  • C. Richard C. Kratina
    Richard C. Kratina was a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1977 horror film "The Sentinel."
  • D. James S. Voss
    James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
  • E. Robert J. Kral
    Robert J. Kral is an Australian-born composer best known for his atmospheric and dramatic scores for television series such as the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel.
  • 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: John R. Petrocik
Triple: [Norman H. Nie, coAuthor, John R. Petrocik]
Generated description
John R. Petrocik is an American political scientist known for his influential work on voting behavior, party coalitions, and electoral realignment in the United States.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John R. Petrocik
Target entity description: John R. Petrocik is an American political scientist known for his influential work on voting behavior, party coalitions, and electoral realignment in the United States.
  • A. Donald J. Kutyna
    Donald J. Kutyna is a U.S. Air Force general and aerospace engineer who served as a key member of the Rogers Commission investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
  • B. Frank J. Mrvan
    Frank J. Mrvan is an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwest Indiana.
  • C. Richard C. Kratina
    Richard C. Kratina was a cinematographer best known for his work on the 1977 horror film "The Sentinel."
  • D. James S. Voss
    James S. Voss is a retired U.S. Army officer and NASA astronaut who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and spent over five months aboard the International Space Station.
  • E. Robert J. Kral
    Robert J. Kral is an Australian-born composer best known for his atmospheric and dramatic scores for television series such as the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel.
  • 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_69ca83e8e9248190862cf3e41693b310 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd9429b448190a078e9cdfedd4918 completed April 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1bca05c608190935af17d94c567d6 completed April 5, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1bd5820408190a4f5f7ef8b0e14aa completed April 5, 2026, 1:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1bdc0135881909b69814e6cf3741b completed April 5, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.