Triple
T9952552
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Don Hewitt |
E195364
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald Shepard Hewitt
Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the CBS news magazine program "60 Minutes."
|
E833194
|
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: Donald Shepard Hewitt | Statement: [Don Hewitt, fullName, Donald Shepard Hewitt]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Shepard Hewitt Context triple: [Don Hewitt, fullName, Donald Shepard Hewitt]
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A.
George C. Powell
George C. Powell was the father of Lewis Powell, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination plot against U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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B.
George E. Smith
George E. Smith is an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD), a technology fundamental to digital imaging.
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C.
Edgar Odell Lovett
Edgar Odell Lovett was an American mathematician and educator best known as the founding president of Rice University, where he played a central role in shaping the institution’s early development.
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D.
John R. Whitney
John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
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E.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
- 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: Donald Shepard Hewitt Triple: [Don Hewitt, fullName, Donald Shepard Hewitt]
Generated description
Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the CBS news magazine program "60 Minutes."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Shepard Hewitt Target entity description: Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer best known as the creator and longtime executive producer of the CBS news magazine program "60 Minutes."
-
A.
George C. Powell
George C. Powell was the father of Lewis Powell, one of the conspirators involved in the assassination plot against U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
-
B.
George E. Smith
George E. Smith is an American physicist and Nobel laureate best known for co-inventing the charge-coupled device (CCD), a technology fundamental to digital imaging.
-
C.
Edgar Odell Lovett
Edgar Odell Lovett was an American mathematician and educator best known as the founding president of Rice University, where he played a central role in shaping the institution’s early development.
-
D.
John R. Whitney
John R. Whitney is an American businessman best known as the founder of Interactive Data Corporation, a major provider of financial market data and analytics.
-
E.
Walter Francis Brown
Walter Francis Brown was an American illustrator and artist best known for his work on 19th-century books and periodicals, including providing illustrations for Mark Twain’s travel writings.
- 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_69ca82e96a108190932bd1fc4acd73a0 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdb693918081908e9f96ef302235ad |
completed | April 2, 2026, 12:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d257a164308190b88432b914ea7f1a |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d25924eb2481909dbf135c387051e3 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:44 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d259b292c88190818f512f90a641f3 |
completed | April 5, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:46 p.m.