Triple

T11979757
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tierney E285126 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William G. Tierney
William G. Tierney is an American higher education scholar known for his influential research on organizational culture, governance, and equity in colleges and universities.
E1097466 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 G. Tierney | Statement: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, William G. Tierney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William G. Tierney
Context triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, William G. Tierney]
  • A. Charles E. Kearney
    Charles E. Kearney was a 19th-century American railroad executive and civic leader after whom the city of Kearney, Missouri, is named.
  • B. Arthur E. Molloy
    Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
  • C. William F. O’Connor
    William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
  • D. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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 G. Tierney
Triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, William G. Tierney]
Generated description
William G. Tierney is an American higher education scholar known for his influential research on organizational culture, governance, and equity in colleges and universities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William G. Tierney
Target entity description: William G. Tierney is an American higher education scholar known for his influential research on organizational culture, governance, and equity in colleges and universities.
  • A. Charles E. Kearney
    Charles E. Kearney was a 19th-century American railroad executive and civic leader after whom the city of Kearney, Missouri, is named.
  • B. Arthur E. Molloy
    Arthur E. Molloy was an individual significant enough in marine or exploratory history to have the undersea feature Molloy Deep named in his honor.
  • C. William F. O’Connor
    William F. O’Connor was an Irish political figure who succeeded Tomás Mac Curtain in office, likely in a local governmental role in Cork during the early 20th century.
  • D. Joseph A. McDonough
    Joseph A. McDonough was a Hollywood film assistant director recognized in the 1930s for his award-winning work in the early years of the Academy Awards.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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_69fd54f264d48190be636796d694ceb1 completed May 8, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd570e482881909532000eebd169d1 completed May 8, 2026, 3:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd57710f648190a1344ac1363acce1 completed May 8, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.