Triple
T1245020
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William J. Donovan |
E26744
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Joseph Donovan |
E26744
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Joseph Donovan | Statement: [William J. Donovan, fullName, William Joseph Donovan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Joseph Donovan Context triple: [William J. Donovan, fullName, William Joseph Donovan]
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A.
William J. Donovan
chosen
William J. Donovan was an American soldier, lawyer, and intelligence officer best known as the founding director of the Office of Strategic Services, the World War II predecessor to the CIA.
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B.
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy was a prominent American lawyer, banker, and statesman who served in key national security and foreign policy roles, including U.S. High Commissioner for Germany after World War II and president of the World Bank.
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C.
Frank Wisner
Frank Wisner was a prominent American intelligence officer who became a key architect of early U.S. covert operations during and after World War II.
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D.
Allen Dulles
Allen Dulles was an American diplomat and intelligence officer who became the longest-serving Director of Central Intelligence, playing a central role in shaping U.S. Cold War espionage and covert operations.
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E.
Eugene E. Covert
Eugene E. Covert was an American aeronautical engineer and MIT professor who served as the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force and was a noted expert in fluid mechanics and aerospace technology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4948689d08190b3a4a3f388c02148 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bf6498948190b30b09d845d67ac4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:36 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac8f7da5c48190b013f1578c160d78 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:50 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.