Triple

T11979765
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tierney E285126 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Patrick J. Tierney
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
E961727 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: Patrick J. Tierney | Statement: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, Patrick J. Tierney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick J. Tierney
Context triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, Patrick J. Tierney]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Stephen J. Townsend
    Stephen J. Townsend is a United States Army general known for leading coalition forces against ISIS, including major operations in Iraq and Syria.
  • C. Jeffrey Resnick
    Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
  • D. Stephen F. Martin
    Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
  • E. Jonathan Tunick
    Jonathan Tunick is a renowned American orchestrator, musical director, and composer best known for his long-standing collaboration with Stephen Sondheim on numerous Broadway productions.
  • 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: Patrick J. Tierney
Triple: [Tierney, hasNotableBearer, Patrick J. Tierney]
Generated description
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Patrick J. Tierney
Target entity description: Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Stephen J. Townsend
    Stephen J. Townsend is a United States Army general known for leading coalition forces against ISIS, including major operations in Iraq and Syria.
  • C. Jeffrey Resnick
    Jeffrey Resnick is an individual notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the Resnick surname, though detailed public information about his achievements or role is limited.
  • D. Stephen F. Martin
    Stephen F. Martin is an American organic chemist renowned for his influential research in synthetic methodology and complex molecule synthesis.
  • E. Jonathan Tunick
    Jonathan Tunick is a renowned American orchestrator, musical director, and composer best known for his long-standing collaboration with Stephen Sondheim on numerous Broadway productions.
  • 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_69f49d0791348190a2f6c0e808af3aea completed May 1, 2026, 12:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f53d8ec5448190b303624887f7fa05 completed May 1, 2026, 11:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f564d2b4348190abf2d09ae00aea37 completed May 2, 2026, 2:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:46 p.m.