Triple

T10503442
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yates E247726 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ronald E. Yates
Ronald E. Yates is an American author and former journalist known for his work as a foreign correspondent and as a professor and dean at the University of Illinois’ College of Media.
E1089865 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: Ronald E. Yates | Statement: [Yates, hasNotableBearer, Ronald E. Yates]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald E. Yates
Context triple: [Yates, hasNotableBearer, Ronald E. Yates]
  • A. Ronald L. Vaughn
    Ronald L. Vaughn is an American academic administrator best known for leading the University of Tampa through significant growth and development as its long-serving president.
  • B. Gordon E. Sawyer
    Gordon E. Sawyer was an influential American sound engineer in the film industry, renowned for his technical achievements and long career at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
  • C. Alan M. Gates
    Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
  • D. Stanley E. Johnson
    Stanley E. Johnson is an editor best known for his work on the classic American children's novel "Old Yeller."
  • E. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • 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: Ronald E. Yates
Triple: [Yates, hasNotableBearer, Ronald E. Yates]
Generated description
Ronald E. Yates is an American author and former journalist known for his work as a foreign correspondent and as a professor and dean at the University of Illinois’ College of Media.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ronald E. Yates
Target entity description: Ronald E. Yates is an American author and former journalist known for his work as a foreign correspondent and as a professor and dean at the University of Illinois’ College of Media.
  • A. Ronald L. Vaughn
    Ronald L. Vaughn is an American academic administrator best known for leading the University of Tampa through significant growth and development as its long-serving president.
  • B. Gordon E. Sawyer
    Gordon E. Sawyer was an influential American sound engineer in the film industry, renowned for his technical achievements and long career at Samuel Goldwyn Studios.
  • C. Alan M. Gates
    Alan M. Gates is an American Episcopal bishop who serves as the diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
  • D. Stanley E. Johnson
    Stanley E. Johnson is an editor best known for his work on the classic American children's novel "Old Yeller."
  • E. James A. Abrahamson
    James A. Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and aerospace engineer best known for directing NASA’s Space Shuttle program and leading the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization in the 1980s.
  • 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_69d381c4aa948190942e1d803143fb0e completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d5099d62408190a6c6884411c6e423 completed April 7, 2026, 1:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd32359c54819098349d7d1c1e454f completed May 8, 2026, 12:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd335a496881908689b5769bb677ae completed May 8, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd3445422c8190a22eaa4bef5fdf76 completed May 8, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:25 p.m.