Triple

T9606892
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Trey Gowdy E231993 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object William Timmons
William Timmons is an American Republican politician and attorney who has represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
E824549 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 Timmons | Statement: [Trey Gowdy, succeededBy, William Timmons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Timmons
Context triple: [Trey Gowdy, succeededBy, William Timmons]
  • A. Gil Westrum
    Gil Westrum is a central character in the 1962 Western film "Ride the High Country," portrayed as an aging former lawman whose moral ambiguity contrasts with his partner’s steadfast integrity.
  • B. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • C. Jean Paul Blodgett
    Jean Paul Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • D. Steven M. Tipton
    Steven M. Tipton is an American sociologist of religion and ethics known for his collaborative work on the role of religion and moral values in contemporary American life.
  • E. Timothy Carlton
    Timothy Carlton is an English actor known for his extensive work in British television, film, and theatre, and as the father of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
  • 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 Timmons
Triple: [Trey Gowdy, succeededBy, William Timmons]
Generated description
William Timmons is an American Republican politician and attorney who has represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Timmons
Target entity description: William Timmons is an American Republican politician and attorney who has represented South Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • A. Gil Westrum
    Gil Westrum is a central character in the 1962 Western film "Ride the High Country," portrayed as an aging former lawman whose moral ambiguity contrasts with his partner’s steadfast integrity.
  • B. Tim McClelland
    Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
  • C. Jean Paul Blodgett
    Jean Paul Blodgett is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Blodgett.
  • D. Steven M. Tipton
    Steven M. Tipton is an American sociologist of religion and ethics known for his collaborative work on the role of religion and moral values in contemporary American life.
  • E. Timothy Carlton
    Timothy Carlton is an English actor known for his extensive work in British television, film, and theatre, and as the father of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
  • 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_69ca8485a90c819094fe40b42fde9d70 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9a62372881908bf21be91e7285fb completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d597224481908154e5db47ae52f9 completed April 5, 2026, 3:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d6463fe481908e5d3f3fd22cffa4 completed April 5, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d6dc0bd8819082a5ad417ca87a76 completed April 5, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:08 p.m.