Triple

T9923279
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject David Whitmire Hearst E187854 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hearst
Hearst is a prominent American family name most famously associated with media magnate William Randolph Hearst and the publishing and communications empire he founded.
 E37938 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: Hearst | Statement: [David Whitmire Hearst, familyName, Hearst]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hearst
Context triple: [David Whitmire Hearst, familyName, Hearst]
  • A. Hearst
    Hearst is a small, predominantly Francophone town in northern Ontario, Canada, known for its forestry industry and strong French-Canadian cultural presence.
  • B. Hearst Communications
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • C. Pulitzer Publishing Company
    Pulitzer Publishing Company was a prominent American media firm best known for owning and operating major newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  • D. McClatchy Company
    McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
  • E. Press Holdings Media Group
    Press Holdings Media Group is a British media company best known for owning and publishing influential conservative-leaning titles such as The Spectator.
  • 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: Hearst
Triple: [David Whitmire Hearst, familyName, Hearst]
Generated description
Hearst is a prominent American family name most famously associated with media magnate William Randolph Hearst and the publishing and communications empire he founded.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Hearst
Target entity description: Hearst is a prominent American family name most famously associated with media magnate William Randolph Hearst and the publishing and communications empire he founded.
  • A. Hearst
    Hearst is a small, predominantly Francophone town in northern Ontario, Canada, known for its forestry industry and strong French-Canadian cultural presence.
  • B. Hearst Communications chosen
    Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
  • C. Pulitzer Publishing Company
    Pulitzer Publishing Company was a prominent American media firm best known for owning and operating major newspapers, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  • D. McClatchy Company
    McClatchy Company is a major American newspaper publishing firm that owns numerous regional daily papers and digital news outlets across the United States.
  • E. Press Holdings Media Group
    Press Holdings Media Group is a British media company best known for owning and publishing influential conservative-leaning titles such as The Spectator.
  • F. None of above.

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_69ca82b22a688190b52c75bd48429c10 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb59733188190900426e4e29ae5e3 completed April 2, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d20e0bdae08190acb94fe7d5471e4b completed April 5, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d20ef343a4819093b915a66c63fbaa completed April 5, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d212d0ed108190bbde23439734618a completed April 5, 2026, 7:44 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:42 p.m.