Triple

T19322929
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Verbal Icon E483271 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object William K. Wimsatt Jr.
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.
 E1371755 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 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.
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 K. Wimsatt Jr.
Triple: [The Verbal Icon, author, William K. Wimsatt Jr.]
Generated 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.
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 (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_69d8e8d13e3c81909d91d1d5ec37c095 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e60d8a07508190a2e5f8972d1efba0 completed April 20, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0723ffd7f88190af7973d00abaa188 completed May 15, 2026, 1:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0725d467cc8190b42352c1b591bc6f completed May 15, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0726f886d48190bca4b40b17e6c46b completed May 15, 2026, 2 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:32 p.m.