Triple
T1286298
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William R. Sears |
E27440
|
entity |
| Predicate | knownAs |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William R. Sears |
E27440
|
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 R. Sears | Statement: [William R. Sears, knownAs, William R. Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William R. Sears Context triple: [William R. Sears, knownAs, William R. Sears]
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A.
William R. Sears
chosen
William R. Sears was an influential American aerodynamicist and engineer known for his pioneering contributions to theoretical aerodynamics and aircraft design.
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B.
William Rees Sears
William Rees Sears was an American aeronautical engineer and educator known for his influential work in aerodynamics and aircraft design.
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C.
Andrew Heiskell
Andrew Heiskell was an American publishing executive and philanthropist best known as a longtime leader of Time Inc. and a prominent figure in New York’s cultural and civic life.
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D.
Jan D. Achenbach
Jan D. Achenbach was a prominent engineer and applied mechanician known for his pioneering contributions to wave propagation in solids, fracture mechanics, and nondestructive evaluation.
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E.
Richard Warren Sears
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- 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_69a496d4ec448190ad653b2590c46711 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0b85eb48190a8b61dc397fa6390 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acacba08f881909230c2d9459d4bc4 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.