Triple
T1439971
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Butler Act |
E31047
|
entity |
| Predicate | sponsor |
P67
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FINISHED |
| Object |
John Washington Butler
John Washington Butler was a Tennessee state legislator best known for authoring the Butler Act, the law at the center of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
|
E165239
|
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: John Washington Butler | Statement: [Butler Act, sponsor, John Washington Butler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Washington Butler Context triple: [Butler Act, sponsor, John Washington Butler]
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A.
Bill Butler
Bill Butler was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Charles Wood Taylor
Charles Wood Taylor was a British-born artist and designer best known for creating the modern coat of arms of Chile in the 19th century.
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C.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British Conservative politician, writer, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who also served as Mayor of London.
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D.
John Langley Howard
John Langley Howard was an American painter and muralist associated with the Social Realist movement, known for his New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco.
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E.
Aaron Elvis Mullen
Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
- 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: John Washington Butler Triple: [Butler Act, sponsor, John Washington Butler]
Generated description
John Washington Butler was a Tennessee state legislator best known for authoring the Butler Act, the law at the center of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Washington Butler Target entity description: John Washington Butler was a Tennessee state legislator best known for authoring the Butler Act, the law at the center of the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
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A.
Bill Butler
Bill Butler was an acclaimed American cinematographer best known for his influential work on landmark films of the 1970s and 1980s.
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B.
Charles Wood Taylor
Charles Wood Taylor was a British-born artist and designer best known for creating the modern coat of arms of Chile in the 19th century.
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C.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British Conservative politician, writer, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who also served as Mayor of London.
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D.
John Langley Howard
John Langley Howard was an American painter and muralist associated with the Social Realist movement, known for his New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco.
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E.
Aaron Elvis Mullen
Aaron Elvis Mullen is the son of U2 drummer Larry Mullen Jr.
- 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_69a4991633388190a4d61b5a98aa407a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c52e4ed881908d85e0cb9fe851ac |
completed | March 1, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad08bc290c8190902f47f718bd4f98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad09823ce481908b5db3ee9ebd1a88 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:30 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0a8f17888190913c06641a6ac060 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:35 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.