Triple
T941746
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Union Theological Seminary |
E20320
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Sloane Coffin
William Sloane Coffin was an influential American Christian clergyman and social activist best known for his leadership in the civil rights and anti–Vietnam War movements.
|
E113054
|
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: William Sloane Coffin | Statement: [Union Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, William Sloane Coffin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Sloane Coffin Context triple: [Union Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, William Sloane Coffin]
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A.
William Flynt Nichols
William Flynt Nichols was a U.S. Congressman from Alabama who co-sponsored the landmark Goldwater–Nichols Act that restructured the Department of Defense and modernized American military command.
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B.
Stanley Grenz
Stanley Grenz was an influential late-20th-century evangelical theologian known for his work in systematic theology, postmodern theology, and especially his development of a relational, community-focused doctrine of the Trinity.
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C.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual best known for his work on Christian realism and the authorship of the Serenity Prayer.
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D.
Robert F. Goheen
Robert F. Goheen was an American classicist and academic leader best known for serving as the transformative 16th president of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972.
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E.
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
- 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: William Sloane Coffin Triple: [Union Theological Seminary, hasNotableAlumnus, William Sloane Coffin]
Generated description
William Sloane Coffin was an influential American Christian clergyman and social activist best known for his leadership in the civil rights and anti–Vietnam War movements.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Sloane Coffin Target entity description: William Sloane Coffin was an influential American Christian clergyman and social activist best known for his leadership in the civil rights and anti–Vietnam War movements.
-
A.
William Flynt Nichols
William Flynt Nichols was a U.S. Congressman from Alabama who co-sponsored the landmark Goldwater–Nichols Act that restructured the Department of Defense and modernized American military command.
-
B.
Stanley Grenz
Stanley Grenz was an influential late-20th-century evangelical theologian known for his work in systematic theology, postmodern theology, and especially his development of a relational, community-focused doctrine of the Trinity.
-
C.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Reinhold Niebuhr was a prominent 20th-century American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual best known for his work on Christian realism and the authorship of the Serenity Prayer.
-
D.
Robert F. Goheen
Robert F. Goheen was an American classicist and academic leader best known for serving as the transformative 16th president of Princeton University from 1957 to 1972.
-
E.
Phillips Brooks
Phillips Brooks was a prominent 19th-century American Episcopal clergyman and orator, best known as the author of the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and as a leading preacher at Boston's Trinity Church.
- 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_69a493b0270c81909e6c9ce310f6aa55 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b3a1a4888190997adf56eb761431 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac119a80e08190b0179f8d413e06fd |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac12bac21881908b2a6acf2c241c23 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac132f09448190b5f789f90328f81f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:40 p.m.