Triple
T18690188
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Howard St. John |
E456973
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Howard | Statement: [Howard St. John, givenName, Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Context triple: [Howard St. John, givenName, Howard]
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A.
Howard
Howard is the middle name of William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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B.
Howard
Howard is the given first name of Howie Meeker, a former professional ice hockey player, coach, and broadcaster best known for his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs and his work on "Hockey Night in Canada."
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C.
Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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D.
Howard
Howard is a young boy who serves as a minor but symbolically important character in the play "Inherit the Wind," representing the town’s impressionable youth amid the evolution-versus-creationism trial.
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E.
Howard
Howard is one of Sethe’s sons in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," a child whose life is shaped by the trauma and legacy of slavery.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Target entity description: Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning “high guardian” or “noble watchman.”
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A.
Howard
chosen
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "high guardian" or "noble watchman," borne by numerous notable figures across politics, arts, and academia.
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B.
Howard
Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
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C.
Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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D.
Howard
Howard is the middle name of the English astronomer and mathematician G. H. Darwin, son of naturalist Charles Darwin.
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E.
Howard
Howard is the given first name of Howie Meeker, a former professional ice hockey player, coach, and broadcaster best known for his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs and his work on "Hockey Night in Canada."
- F. None of above.
Provenance (2 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e562e28e5c8190b0033c1667d50e05 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 11:18 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.