Triple

T16036346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject National Book Award for Young People's Literature E388977 entity
Predicate notableWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object William Alexander
William Alexander is an American author of acclaimed fantasy novels for young readers, best known for his National Book Award–winning debut "Goblin Secrets."
E1190690 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 Alexander | Statement: [National Book Award for Young People's Literature, notableWinner, William Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander
Context triple: [National Book Award for Young People's Literature, notableWinner, William Alexander]
  • A. William Alexander
    William Alexander was the full name of William IV, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who ruled from 1905 to 1912.
  • B. William Alexander
    William Alexander is known primarily as the former husband of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
  • C. William Alexander
    William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling, was a colonial American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent landowner and political figure.
  • D. William Alexander
    William Alexander was a prominent early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to national prominence and multiple championship seasons.
  • E. James Alexander
    James Alexander is an American soul and R&B bassist best known as a member of the influential band The Bar-Kays.
  • 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 Alexander
Triple: [National Book Award for Young People's Literature, notableWinner, William Alexander]
Generated description
William Alexander is an American author of acclaimed fantasy novels for young readers, best known for his National Book Award–winning debut "Goblin Secrets."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander
Target entity description: William Alexander is an American author of acclaimed fantasy novels for young readers, best known for his National Book Award–winning debut "Goblin Secrets."
  • A. William Alexander
    William Alexander was the full name of William IV, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg who ruled from 1905 to 1912.
  • B. William Alexander
    William Alexander is known primarily as the former husband of acclaimed American actress Ellen Burstyn.
  • C. William Alexander
    William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling, was a colonial American general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and a prominent landowner and political figure.
  • D. William Alexander
    William Alexander was a prominent early 20th-century American college football coach best known for leading the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to national prominence and multiple championship seasons.
  • E. James Alexander
    James Alexander is an American soul and R&B bassist best known as a member of the influential band The Bar-Kays.
  • 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_69d86dada3808190825d5f80d72fbe88 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e1833ca66881909475fac23e6fbf86 completed April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffdbd3a1248190ad055892cebde5f0 completed May 10, 2026, 1:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffdc5fd30c8190aaf66482f24285b4 completed May 10, 2026, 1:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffdd0392e08190af42a0cdc5dd4c1f completed May 10, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m.