Triple
T1944185
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William S. Paley |
E42025
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Samuel Paley
William Samuel Paley was an American broadcasting executive who built CBS into one of the dominant radio and television networks of the 20th century.
|
E219662
|
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 Samuel Paley | Statement: [William S. Paley, fullName, William Samuel Paley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Samuel Paley Context triple: [William S. Paley, fullName, William Samuel Paley]
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A.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
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B.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was an 18th-century English designer and illustrator closely associated with Horace Walpole, known for helping develop the early Gothic Revival style seen at Strawberry Hill.
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C.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century English philosopher and physician best known for developing the psychological theory of associationism, which significantly shaped later thinkers such as Joseph Priestley.
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D.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century British politician and diplomat best known for representing Britain in negotiating and signing the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
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E.
Samuel Clarke
Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
- 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 Samuel Paley Triple: [William S. Paley, fullName, William Samuel Paley]
Generated description
William Samuel Paley was an American broadcasting executive who built CBS into one of the dominant radio and television networks of the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Samuel Paley Target entity description: William Samuel Paley was an American broadcasting executive who built CBS into one of the dominant radio and television networks of the 20th century.
-
A.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was a prominent 19th-century British publisher and bookseller known for issuing major literary works by authors such as Charles Dickens and Herman Melville.
-
B.
Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley was an 18th-century English designer and illustrator closely associated with Horace Walpole, known for helping develop the early Gothic Revival style seen at Strawberry Hill.
-
C.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century English philosopher and physician best known for developing the psychological theory of associationism, which significantly shaped later thinkers such as Joseph Priestley.
-
D.
David Hartley
David Hartley was an 18th-century British politician and diplomat best known for representing Britain in negotiating and signing the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
-
E.
Samuel Clarke
Samuel Clarke was an 18th-century English philosopher and Anglican clergyman known for his influential works on natural religion, metaphysics, and Newtonian theology.
- 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb2ff43108190af37ad12d123dcba |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69adfbb9b594819096747b580ec18fee |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.