Triple
T14981
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William D. Ruckelshaus |
E299
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
|
E1557
|
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: Ruckelshaus | Statement: [William D. Ruckelshaus, familyName, Ruckelshaus]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruckelshaus Context triple: [William D. Ruckelshaus, familyName, Ruckelshaus]
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A.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
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B.
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site is a preserved historic property in Independence, Missouri, that includes the longtime home and related sites associated with the 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman.
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C.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
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D.
Newton City Hall
Newton City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center for the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
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E.
Carnegie
Carnegie is a Scottish surname most famously associated with industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
- 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: Ruckelshaus Triple: [William D. Ruckelshaus, familyName, Ruckelshaus]
Generated description
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruckelshaus Target entity description: Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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A.
Theodor
Theodor "Ted" Nelson is an American pioneer of information technology best known for coining the term "hypertext" and envisioning global hyperlinked document systems.
-
B.
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site
Harry S. Truman National Historic Site is a preserved historic property in Independence, Missouri, that includes the longtime home and related sites associated with the 33rd U.S. president, Harry S. Truman.
-
C.
de Forest
de Forest is a surname most notably associated with Lee de Forest, an American inventor and early pioneer of radio and electronic communication.
-
D.
Newton City Hall
Newton City Hall is the main municipal government building and administrative center for the city of Newton, Massachusetts.
-
E.
Carnegie
Carnegie is a Scottish surname most famously associated with industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
- 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2400257208190b3cd87ad2a06c18f |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a248e572f08190b52158e063a066bf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2497d04248190a0a9037f79a932ef |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a249dbe1108190a2a844ba4e570fea |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.