Triple

T19322929

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	The Verbal Icon	`E483271`	entity
Predicate	author	`P4`	FINISHED
Object	William K. Wimsatt Jr.	`—`	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: William K. Wimsatt Jr. | Statement: [The Verbal Icon, author, William K. Wimsatt Jr.]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: William K. Wimsatt Jr.
Context triple: [The Verbal Icon, author, William K. Wimsatt Jr.]

A. Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
B. John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
C. Charles F. Hockett
Charles F. Hockett was an American linguist best known for his work in structural linguistics and his influential formulation of the "design features" of human language.
D. G. W. Bitzer
G. W. Bitzer was a pioneering early American cinematographer best known for his influential collaboration with director D. W. Griffith on landmark silent films.
E. Thomas Wilson Brown
Thomas Wilson Brown is an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Knots Landing."
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: William K. Wimsatt Jr.
Target entity description: William K. Wimsatt Jr. was an influential American literary critic and theorist associated with New Criticism, known for his work on concepts like the intentional and affective fallacies.

A. Fred M. Wilcox
Fred M. Wilcox was an American film director best known for the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and the family film "Lassie Come Home."
B. John C. Wells
John C. Wells is a prominent British phonetician and phonologist known for his influential work on English accents and pronunciation, including his analyses of BBC English.
C. Charles F. Hockett
Charles F. Hockett was an American linguist best known for his work in structural linguistics and his influential formulation of the "design features" of human language.
D. G. W. Bitzer
G. W. Bitzer was a pioneering early American cinematographer best known for his influential collaboration with director D. W. Griffith on landmark silent films.
E. Thomas Wilson Brown
Thomas Wilson Brown is an American actor best known for his roles in films and television series such as "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Knots Landing."
F. None of above. chosen

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_69d8e8d13e3c81909d91d1d5ec37c095`	completed	April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e60d8a07508190a2e5f8972d1efba0`	completed	April 20, 2026, 11:27 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.