Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert James Waller E234191 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object James
James is the middle name of American author Robert James Waller, best known for writing "The Bridges of Madison County."
E816210 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: James | Statement: [Robert James Waller, middleName, James]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James
Context triple: [Robert James Waller, middleName, James]
  • A. John
    John is the given name of John Bardeen, the American physicist who uniquely won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice for his work on the transistor and superconductivity.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of John Frank Stevens, the American civil engineer best known for his pivotal role in the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • C. John
    John is the birth name of American actor Jack Lemmon, a celebrated star of classic films such as "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment."
  • D. John
    John is the given name of the American mathematician John Tate, renowned for his foundational contributions to number theory and arithmetic geometry.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John Francis Dodge, an American automobile pioneer and co-founder of the Dodge Brothers Company.
  • 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: James
Triple: [Robert James Waller, middleName, James]
Generated description
James is the middle name of American author Robert James Waller, best known for writing "The Bridges of Madison County."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James
Target entity description: James is the middle name of American author Robert James Waller, best known for writing "The Bridges of Madison County."
  • A. James
    James is the middle name of Richard J. Oglesby, a 19th-century American politician and three-time governor of Illinois.
  • B. James
    James is the middle name of the English poet and children's author Edward James Hughes, better known as Ted Hughes.
  • C. James
    James is a common English surname of Hebrew origin, widely borne by notable figures in sports, politics, and the arts.
  • D. James
    James is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "supplanter," widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • E. James
    James is a prominent early Christian figure, traditionally identified as James the brother of Jesus and a leader in the Jerusalem 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_69ca84c99e34819092e5563a7106cfca completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9c99ee0481908ead5f7112117c90 completed April 1, 2026, 10:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d19f736b988190b963e216a805316d completed April 4, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1a05998988190aa6e5263fee50e7d completed April 4, 2026, 11:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1a0e1c3c881909a4c5a1bcea443fa completed April 4, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:16 p.m.