Triple
T1890762
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Knox |
E41868
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Knox
William Knox is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and literature.
|
E225000
|
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 Knox | Statement: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, William Knox]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Knox Context triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, William Knox]
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A.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
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B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
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C.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
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D.
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
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E.
James McNair Baker
James McNair Baker was a 19th-century American jurist and politician from Florida, notably serving as a Confederate senator during the Civil War.
- 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 Knox Triple: [Knox, hasNotableBearer, William Knox]
Generated description
William Knox is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and literature.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Knox Target entity description: William Knox is a relatively common personal name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures in politics, religion, and literature.
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A.
Peter Hardeman Burnett
Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
-
B.
John Foster Archbold
John Foster Archbold was the son of American oil magnate and Standard Oil executive John Dustin Archbold.
-
C.
Alexander Cushing
Alexander Cushing was an American lawyer and entrepreneur best known as the visionary founder who developed Squaw Valley into a major ski resort and host of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
-
D.
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster
Robert Joseph Pershing Foster was an African American physician whose migration from the Jim Crow South to California is one of the key personal narratives chronicled in Isabel Wilkerson’s book *The Warmth of Other Suns*.
-
E.
James McNair Baker
James McNair Baker was a 19th-century American jurist and politician from Florida, notably serving as a Confederate senator during the Civil War.
- 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_69a8864b6de0819098d089f6a1b910a7 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb14475448190b291ada3454bf98b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:01 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0abe93f88190869b17557098ebbe |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0b62dd048190acf6f9d76e5bfd47 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:50 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0be695cc819093c237e19de9b731 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:34 p.m.