Triple

T1567161
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert N. Bellah E33456 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object William M. Sullivan
William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
 E525016 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: William M. Sullivan | Statement: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, William M. Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. Sullivan
Context triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, William M. Sullivan]
  • A. William K. Sullivan
    William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
  • B. William H. Sullivan
    William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
  • C. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • D. William E. Walsh
    William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
  • E. William C. Walsh
    William C. Walsh was an American lawyer and public official who served as the Attorney General of Maryland.
  • 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: William M. Sullivan
Triple: [Robert N. Bellah, coAuthor, William M. Sullivan]
Generated description
William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William M. Sullivan
Target entity description: William M. Sullivan is an American sociologist and scholar of civic engagement and higher education, known for his collaborations with Robert N. Bellah on works about community, morality, and public life.
  • A. William K. Sullivan
    William K. Sullivan was a distinguished 19th-century Irish scholar and academic, noted for his contributions to Celtic studies and his leadership role at Queen's College, Cork.
  • B. William H. Sullivan
    William H. Sullivan was an American diplomat best known for serving as U.S. Ambassador to Laos and later Iran, where he played key roles in U.S. foreign policy during the Vietnam War era and the lead-up to the Iranian Revolution.
  • C. William F. Raynolds
    William F. Raynolds was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer and explorer known for his surveying and exploratory expeditions in North America and beyond.
  • D. William E. Walsh
    William E. Walsh was an American businessman and civic leader best known for playing a key role in the establishment of the University of Miami in the 1920s.
  • E. William C. Walsh
    William C. Walsh was an American lawyer and public official who served as the Attorney General of Maryland.
  • 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_69a885f11b048190935025a035302715 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a908a0314c8190a5ce3e32dd9035db completed March 5, 2026, 4:37 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf832772d08190842b1e1c1a87ea3a completed March 22, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf83e188888190bbc058b0e27125aa completed March 22, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf844f7be0819089a1cbb3b8c41e0b completed March 22, 2026, 5:55 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.