Triple
T11979752
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Tierney |
E285126
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Tierney
John Tierney is an American journalist and author best known for his work as a columnist for The New York Times, where he often writes on science, politics, and urban policy.
|
E958054
|
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: John Tierney | Statement: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, John Tierney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tierney Context triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, John Tierney]
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A.
Stephen Oremus
Stephen Oremus is a Tony Award–winning American music director, arranger, and orchestrator known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, and Wicked.
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B.
Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey Kluger is an American science and technology journalist and author best known for co-writing the book about the Apollo 13 mission that inspired the film adaptation.
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C.
Dennis Overbye
Dennis Overbye is an American science writer and journalist best known for his work at The New York Times explaining cosmology, astrophysics, and fundamental physics to general audiences.
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D.
Michael Talbott
Michael Talbott is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Stanley Switek on the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
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E.
John Easterling
John Easterling is an American businessman and environmental entrepreneur best known as the husband of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and as the founder of the Amazon Herb Company.
- 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: John Tierney Triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, John Tierney]
Generated description
John Tierney is an American journalist and author best known for his work as a columnist for The New York Times, where he often writes on science, politics, and urban policy.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Tierney Target entity description: John Tierney is an American journalist and author best known for his work as a columnist for The New York Times, where he often writes on science, politics, and urban policy.
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A.
Stephen Oremus
Stephen Oremus is a Tony Award–winning American music director, arranger, and orchestrator known for his work on major Broadway musicals such as Kinky Boots, The Book of Mormon, and Wicked.
-
B.
Jeffrey Kluger
Jeffrey Kluger is an American science and technology journalist and author best known for co-writing the book about the Apollo 13 mission that inspired the film adaptation.
-
C.
Dennis Overbye
Dennis Overbye is an American science writer and journalist best known for his work at The New York Times explaining cosmology, astrophysics, and fundamental physics to general audiences.
-
D.
Michael Talbott
Michael Talbott is an American actor best known for his role as Detective Stanley Switek on the 1980s television series "Miami Vice."
-
E.
John Easterling
John Easterling is an American businessman and environmental entrepreneur best known as the husband of singer and actress Olivia Newton-John and as the founder of the Amazon Herb Company.
- 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_69d6ab2eaeb881909f7914758f859413 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d90393cfb08190b5b45d3e5e32fad3 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f47209bd088190bf4c7687c0a5eed6 |
completed | May 1, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f47b7ac4048190ae09f18f1a90338f |
completed | May 1, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f47db91f38819092b7b5c5e2bb489b |
completed | May 1, 2026, 10:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.