Triple

T13400294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject WBBM-TV E319808 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Walter Jacobson
Walter Jacobson is a veteran Chicago television news anchor and commentator known for his long career in local broadcast journalism.
E1043415 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: Walter Jacobson | Statement: [WBBM-TV, notableAlumnus, Walter Jacobson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Jacobson
Context triple: [WBBM-TV, notableAlumnus, Walter Jacobson]
  • A. Arthur Jacobson
    Arthur Jacobson was an American film assistant director recognized in early Hollywood for his award-winning work during the 1930s studio era.
  • B. William Jacobs
    William Jacobs was an American film producer active during Hollywood's studio era, known for overseeing a range of genre films including classic horror titles.
  • C. Walter Bailey
    Walter Bailey was the proprietor of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
  • D. Joseph Wilf
    Joseph Wilf was a Polish-born American real estate developer, Holocaust survivor, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Wilf family’s real estate empire and for his extensive charitable work.
  • E. Arthur Jibilian
    Arthur Jibilian was a U.S. Navy radioman and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative renowned for his role in coordinating the rescue of hundreds of downed Allied airmen during World War II.
  • 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: Walter Jacobson
Triple: [WBBM-TV, notableAlumnus, Walter Jacobson]
Generated description
Walter Jacobson is a veteran Chicago television news anchor and commentator known for his long career in local broadcast journalism.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter Jacobson
Target entity description: Walter Jacobson is a veteran Chicago television news anchor and commentator known for his long career in local broadcast journalism.
  • A. Arthur Jacobson
    Arthur Jacobson was an American film assistant director recognized in early Hollywood for his award-winning work during the 1930s studio era.
  • B. William Jacobs
    William Jacobs was an American film producer active during Hollywood's studio era, known for overseeing a range of genre films including classic horror titles.
  • C. Walter Bailey
    Walter Bailey was the proprietor of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, best known as the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination and now part of the National Civil Rights Museum.
  • D. Joseph Wilf
    Joseph Wilf was a Polish-born American real estate developer, Holocaust survivor, and philanthropist, best known as a co-founder of the Wilf family’s real estate empire and for his extensive charitable work.
  • E. Arthur Jibilian
    Arthur Jibilian was a U.S. Navy radioman and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative renowned for his role in coordinating the rescue of hundreds of downed Allied airmen during World War II.
  • 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_69d806b943cc8190b6af624d385d7e12 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbae47e99081909d8b5dba97a11988 completed April 12, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7461b0dd481908719fc4657bb92bb completed May 3, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f74d4e40f481908502a9051ced02d5 completed May 3, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f74de805708190b0b383810ea34eed completed May 3, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:34 p.m.