Triple

T988686
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal E21336 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object William D. Carey
William D. Carey was an influential American science administrator and longtime executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
 E403386 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 D. Carey | Statement: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, William D. Carey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William D. Carey
Context triple: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, William D. Carey]
  • A. Arthur S. Carpender
    Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. Charles A. L. Reed
    Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • 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 D. Carey
Triple: [National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal, notableRecipient, William D. Carey]
Generated description
William D. Carey was an influential American science administrator and longtime executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William D. Carey
Target entity description: William D. Carey was an influential American science administrator and longtime executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognized for his leadership in science policy and public service.
  • A. Arthur S. Carpender
    Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
  • B. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • C. Charles A. L. Reed
    Charles A. L. Reed was an American physician and medical leader best known for helping to establish the American Cancer Society.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood was a 19th-century American politician best known for serving as governor of Iowa and as a U.S. senator during the Civil War era.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4a89a58819081a24b5b0a12f122 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b53fc112688190be32ad336ebba91e completed March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b54111e5188190ab8ec23124c22981 completed March 14, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b54193105c81909e2a4e368aae36e8 completed March 14, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.