Triple
T1111157
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Progressive Era |
E8085
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantFigure |
P428
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert M. La Follette
Robert M. La Follette was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and reformer known for championing progressive causes such as government regulation, workers’ rights, and opposition to corporate power.
|
E145608
|
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: Robert M. La Follette | Statement: [Progressive Era, significantFigure, Robert M. La Follette]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert M. La Follette Context triple: [Progressive Era, significantFigure, Robert M. La Follette]
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A.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
John Hugh McNary
John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
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C.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson was a prominent early 20th-century American progressive politician who served as governor of California and later as a long-tenured U.S. senator.
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D.
George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
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E.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
- 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: Robert M. La Follette Triple: [Progressive Era, significantFigure, Robert M. La Follette]
Generated description
Robert M. La Follette was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and reformer known for championing progressive causes such as government regulation, workers’ rights, and opposition to corporate power.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert M. La Follette Target entity description: Robert M. La Follette was a prominent early 20th-century American politician and reformer known for championing progressive causes such as government regulation, workers’ rights, and opposition to corporate power.
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A.
Hugh J. Chisholm
Hugh J. Chisholm was an American industrialist and paper magnate best known for building one of the largest paper manufacturing empires in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
John Hugh McNary
John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
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C.
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson was a prominent early 20th-century American progressive politician who served as governor of California and later as a long-tenured U.S. senator.
-
D.
George W. Norris
George W. Norris was a progressive Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska renowned for his political independence, advocacy of New Deal reforms, and defense of constitutional principles, which earned him recognition in "Profiles in Courage."
-
E.
Charles L. McNary
Charles L. McNary was a prominent Republican U.S. Senator from Oregon who served as Senate Minority Leader in the 1930s and was the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 1940 election.
- 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_69a493252a648190ac48f8742474a5e8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bb7742788190b320aec99e76ca41 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac9971114c81909769b3ad78b95189 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac9df823208190ae27a659ac283e2a |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac9e4788d08190b2a6f34bbf9f2671 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 9:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m.