Triple

T19055110
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Timothy Sullivan E466372 entity
Predicate sharesNameWith P15168 FINISHED
Object Timothy E. Sullivan
Timothy E. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
 E1494187 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: Timothy E. Sullivan | Statement: [Timothy Sullivan, sharesNameWith, Timothy E. Sullivan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy E. Sullivan
Context triple: [Timothy Sullivan, sharesNameWith, Timothy E. Sullivan]
  • A. Timothy S. Sullivan
    Timothy S. Sullivan is an individual whose specific public notability is unclear beyond sharing a name with others named Timothy Sullivan.
  • B. Timothy J. Sullivan
    Timothy J. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
  • C. Daniel J. Sullivan
    Daniel J. Sullivan was the first husband of Dorothy Ruth, the daughter of baseball legend Babe Ruth.
  • D. Timothy J. Sexton
    Timothy J. Sexton is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the critically acclaimed dystopian film "Children of Men."
  • E. Daniel G. Sullivan
    Daniel G. Sullivan is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the romantic comedy film "While You Were Sleeping."
  • 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: Timothy E. Sullivan
Triple: [Timothy Sullivan, sharesNameWith, Timothy E. Sullivan]
Generated description
Timothy E. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Timothy E. Sullivan
Target entity description: Timothy E. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
  • A. Timothy S. Sullivan
    Timothy S. Sullivan is an individual whose specific public notability is unclear beyond sharing a name with others named Timothy Sullivan.
  • B. Timothy J. Sullivan
    Timothy J. Sullivan is an American academic and legal scholar best known for serving as president of the College of William & Mary.
  • C. Daniel J. Sullivan
    Daniel J. Sullivan was the first husband of Dorothy Ruth, the daughter of baseball legend Babe Ruth.
  • D. Timothy J. Sexton
    Timothy J. Sexton is an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the critically acclaimed dystopian film "Children of Men."
  • E. Daniel G. Sullivan
    Daniel G. Sullivan is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the romantic comedy film "While You Were Sleeping."
  • 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_69d8dd040fb881909af2a964f65ad208 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5dc056b708190a2b84cbddf0fc2d9 completed April 20, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a0f7a2ba0819086919b4369d8177e completed May 17, 2026, 6:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a1121d7d08190b77e3701044aed3f completed May 17, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a11698c2481908a8b86038b00ac07 completed May 17, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:03 p.m.