Triple

T1506748
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tumwater, Washington E33917 entity
Predicate namedBy P63 FINISHED
Object Michael T. Simmons
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
 E194512 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: Michael T. Simmons | Statement: [Tumwater, Washington, namedBy, Michael T. Simmons]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael T. Simmons
Context triple: [Tumwater, Washington, namedBy, Michael T. Simmons]
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Warren Simmons
    Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Steven B. Sample
    Steven B. Sample was an American electrical engineer and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Southern California and for his influential role in expanding its global and research profile.
  • E. Jonathan M. Daniels
    Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
  • 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: Michael T. Simmons
Triple: [Tumwater, Washington, namedBy, Michael T. Simmons]
Generated description
Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Michael T. Simmons
Target entity description: Michael T. Simmons was a 19th-century American pioneer and early settler in the Pacific Northwest who played a key role in founding communities in what is now Washington State.
  • A. Michael Rogers
    Michael Rogers is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts, rather than referring to one singular widely recognized figure.
  • B. Warren Simmons
    Warren Simmons is an American real estate developer best known for creating San Francisco’s popular waterfront attraction Pier 39.
  • C. Michael V. Drake
    Michael V. Drake is an American academic leader and physician who has served as president of both The Ohio State University and the University of California system.
  • D. Steven B. Sample
    Steven B. Sample was an American electrical engineer and academic leader best known for serving as president of the University of Southern California and for his influential role in expanding its global and research profile.
  • E. Jonathan M. Daniels
    Jonathan M. Daniels was a civil rights activist and Episcopal seminarian who was killed in 1965 while protecting a young Black girl during the struggle for racial equality in Alabama.
  • 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_69a885f352a4819099b24ff15489dede completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a88735f8a8819089177a4d3e4a0211 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad8aad1a30819086df8e4ef3752263 completed March 8, 2026, 2:41 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad979b7f2c819094c907bed705db3b completed March 8, 2026, 3:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad9831a87c819089fc3b590ab7ecb2 completed March 8, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:24 p.m.