Triple

T12894095
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James B. Donovan E308446 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object James Britt Donovan
James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
E1008441 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: James Britt Donovan | Statement: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Britt Donovan
Context triple: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
  • A. Thomas Ian Nicholas
    Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
  • B. Daniel McDermott
    Daniel McDermott is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname McDermott.
  • C. Dean Devlin
    Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
  • D. Michael Patrick King
    Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
  • E. Richard Creedon
    Richard Creedon was a screenwriter best known for his work on Disney’s landmark animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • 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: James Britt Donovan
Triple: [James B. Donovan, fullName, James Britt Donovan]
Generated description
James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Britt Donovan
Target entity description: James Britt Donovan was an American lawyer and diplomat best known for negotiating the exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers during the Cold War.
  • A. Thomas Ian Nicholas
    Thomas Ian Nicholas is an American actor and musician best known for playing Kevin Myers in the "American Pie" film series.
  • B. Daniel McDermott
    Daniel McDermott is a person notable enough to be recognized as a namesake of the surname McDermott.
  • C. Dean Devlin
    Dean Devlin is an American film and television producer, writer, and director best known for his work on science fiction and action projects such as "Independence Day," "Stargate," and various genre TV series.
  • D. Michael Patrick King
    Michael Patrick King is an American writer, director, and producer best known for his work on the television series "Sex and the City" and its related projects.
  • E. Richard Creedon
    Richard Creedon was a screenwriter best known for his work on Disney’s landmark animated feature film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
  • 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_69d7bdf7c1f0819098102569a8d8cbf5 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d971484aa08190a8adfafabe600903 completed April 10, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6a55daf788190be72af98b288bd70 completed May 3, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6a641d1988190b9af41c8c7ca599e completed May 3, 2026, 1:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6a7792f948190bb0b324bee0cd8ac completed May 3, 2026, 1:40 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:40 p.m.