Triple

T19147
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Medal for Merit E378 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object William Stephenson
William Stephenson was a Canadian-born spymaster and industrialist who played a key role in Allied intelligence operations during World War II and is often cited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
 E1317 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 Stephenson | Statement: [Medal for Merit, notableRecipient, William Stephenson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Stephenson
Context triple: [Medal for Merit, notableRecipient, William Stephenson]
  • A. Hugh Dowding
    Hugh Dowding was a senior Royal Air Force officer who led Fighter Command during World War II and is widely credited with playing a crucial role in the successful air defense of Britain.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Rockwell Cage
    Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
  • D. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • E. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • 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 Stephenson
Triple: [Medal for Merit, notableRecipient, William Stephenson]
Generated description
William Stephenson was a Canadian-born spymaster and industrialist who played a key role in Allied intelligence operations during World War II and is often cited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Stephenson
Target entity description: William Stephenson was a Canadian-born spymaster and industrialist who played a key role in Allied intelligence operations during World War II and is often cited as an inspiration for Ian Fleming’s James Bond.
  • A. Hugh Dowding
    Hugh Dowding was a senior Royal Air Force officer who led Fighter Command during World War II and is widely credited with playing a crucial role in the successful air defense of Britain.
  • B. Harold A. Wheeler
    Harold A. Wheeler was an influential American electrical engineer and inventor known for his pioneering contributions to radio and radar technology.
  • C. Rockwell Cage
    Rockwell Cage is an indoor athletic facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that serves as the primary venue for the MIT Engineers’ home sports events.
  • D. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • E. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • 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_69a240778d288190815c0052ebbbcc91 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2465d9038819087f875a5afac9541 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a248e73c6c8190a83d10709aa3f9c7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a249cbc63881908a99d2f82270b96b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a24a54686c819088cfe99468b2c693 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:52 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:14 a.m.