Triple

T17617439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Laura Nelson Kirkwood E429120 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Irwin R. Kirkwood
Irwin R. Kirkwood was an American newspaper editor and publisher associated with the Kansas City Star in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1279915 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: Irwin R. Kirkwood | Statement: [Laura Nelson Kirkwood, spouse, Irwin R. Kirkwood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin R. Kirkwood
Context triple: [Laura Nelson Kirkwood, spouse, Irwin R. Kirkwood]
  • A. R. K. Kirkwood
    R. K. Kirkwood is a physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and high-energy-density science.
  • B. John Gamble Kirkwood
    John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
  • C. J. P. Kirkwood
    J. P. Kirkwood was a 19th-century civil engineer best known for designing the historic Starrucca Viaduct in Pennsylvania.
  • D. Harry R. Wellman
    Harry R. Wellman was an American agricultural economist and academic leader who served as acting president of the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s.
  • E. Raymond W. Stark
    Raymond W. Stark was an American film producer known for backing numerous successful Hollywood movies from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • 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: Irwin R. Kirkwood
Triple: [Laura Nelson Kirkwood, spouse, Irwin R. Kirkwood]
Generated description
Irwin R. Kirkwood was an American newspaper editor and publisher associated with the Kansas City Star in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Irwin R. Kirkwood
Target entity description: Irwin R. Kirkwood was an American newspaper editor and publisher associated with the Kansas City Star in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. R. K. Kirkwood
    R. K. Kirkwood is a physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and high-energy-density science.
  • B. John Gamble Kirkwood
    John Gamble Kirkwood was an influential American theoretical chemist and physicist known for his foundational contributions to statistical mechanics and the theory of liquids.
  • C. J. P. Kirkwood
    J. P. Kirkwood was a 19th-century civil engineer best known for designing the historic Starrucca Viaduct in Pennsylvania.
  • D. Harry R. Wellman
    Harry R. Wellman was an American agricultural economist and academic leader who served as acting president of the University of California, Berkeley in the 1960s.
  • E. Raymond W. Stark
    Raymond W. Stark was an American film producer known for backing numerous successful Hollywood movies from the 1960s through the 1990s.
  • 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_69d889e1c6148190ba76241e74688f8b completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e46d33a2b081908deecee773c333af completed April 19, 2026, 5:50 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a020a92c6b88190933971adb468dee5 completed May 11, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a020b81c0e88190af61ea1a3b89fe8a completed May 11, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a020cc2de908190ae82be94c0d9c1a0 completed May 11, 2026, 5:07 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:51 a.m.