Triple

T10799166
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William De Witt E254792 entity
Predicate hasAlternativeSpacing P95533 FINISHED
Object William de Witt
William de Witt is an individual whose name appears in historical and genealogical records, though no widely known public figure by this exact name is prominent in major reference sources.
E886461 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 de Witt | Statement: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William de Witt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William de Witt
Context triple: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William de Witt]
  • A. Jacob de Witt
    Jacob de Witt was a Dutch regent and politician of the Dutch Golden Age, best known as the father of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and a prominent member of the influential De Witt family.
  • B. Willem Schermerhorn
    Willem Schermerhorn was a Dutch politician and academic who served as the first post-World War II Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leading the country’s initial reconstruction government.
  • C. Gerrit Dow
    Gerrit Dow is an alternative spelling of Gerrit Dou, a renowned 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter celebrated for his finely detailed genre scenes and mastery of light.
  • D. Kiliaen van Rensselaer
    Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
  • E. Gulian Crommelin Verplanck
    Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer, and writer from New York, known for his literary criticism and involvement in the city’s cultural and intellectual life.
  • 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 de Witt
Triple: [William De Witt, hasAlternativeSpacing, William de Witt]
Generated description
William de Witt is an individual whose name appears in historical and genealogical records, though no widely known public figure by this exact name is prominent in major reference sources.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William de Witt
Target entity description: William de Witt is an individual whose name appears in historical and genealogical records, though no widely known public figure by this exact name is prominent in major reference sources.
  • A. Jacob de Witt
    Jacob de Witt was a Dutch regent and politician of the Dutch Golden Age, best known as the father of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and a prominent member of the influential De Witt family.
  • B. Willem Schermerhorn
    Willem Schermerhorn was a Dutch politician and academic who served as the first post-World War II Prime Minister of the Netherlands, leading the country’s initial reconstruction government.
  • C. Gerrit Dow
    Gerrit Dow is an alternative spelling of Gerrit Dou, a renowned 17th-century Dutch Golden Age painter celebrated for his finely detailed genre scenes and mastery of light.
  • D. Kiliaen van Rensselaer
    Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a 17th-century Dutch merchant and one of the principal founders and patroons of the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland.
  • E. Gulian Crommelin Verplanck
    Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer, and writer from New York, known for his literary criticism and involvement in the city’s cultural and intellectual life.
  • 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_69d6aa61c15c8190a1839550c56e75e1 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d733366c408190bfd3b57be5ef2440 completed April 9, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69de566352608190ab15e3a4b690c9a5 completed April 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69de5eaf3cc08190935cb6ddf2020166 completed April 14, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69de63a902f4819089845bc6d7469c6b completed April 14, 2026, 3:56 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:17 p.m.