Triple

T20137418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Strunk Jr. E491058 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Strunk
Strunk is a surname most notably associated with William Strunk Jr., the American professor and co-author of the influential writing guide "The Elements of Style."
 E1413429 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: Strunk | Statement: [William Strunk Jr., familyName, Strunk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Strunk
Context triple: [William Strunk Jr., familyName, Strunk]
  • A. Stevens
    Stevens is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, arts, and academia.
  • B. Stevens
    Stevens is a historic American firearms brand known for producing affordable rifles and shotguns, now owned and marketed by Savage Arms.
  • C. Stigler
    Stigler is a surname most prominently associated with George Stigler, the Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for his work on industrial organization and the economics of regulation.
  • D. Strauman
    Strauman is a river in Norway that serves as the outlet of Lake Bandak, carrying its waters onward through the regional watercourse system.
  • E. Waterstein
    Waterstein is a small coastal settlement on the Duirinish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its dramatic cliffs and proximity to Neist Point.
  • 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: Strunk
Triple: [William Strunk Jr., familyName, Strunk]
Generated description
Strunk is a surname most notably associated with William Strunk Jr., the American professor and co-author of the influential writing guide "The Elements of Style."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Strunk
Target entity description: Strunk is a surname most notably associated with William Strunk Jr., the American professor and co-author of the influential writing guide "The Elements of Style."
  • A. Stevens
    Stevens is a historic American firearms brand known for producing affordable rifles and shotguns, now owned and marketed by Savage Arms.
  • B. Stevens
    Stevens is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, arts, and academia.
  • C. Stigler
    Stigler is a surname most prominently associated with George Stigler, the Nobel Prize–winning American economist known for his work on industrial organization and the economics of regulation.
  • D. Strauman
    Strauman is a river in Norway that serves as the outlet of Lake Bandak, carrying its waters onward through the regional watercourse system.
  • E. Waterstein
    Waterstein is a small coastal settlement on the Duirinish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, known for its dramatic cliffs and proximity to Neist Point.
  • 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_69da62651a0c8190a3e05e95e056a66b completed April 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6676879f48190a59da04393d2a8cc completed April 20, 2026, 5:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a082de4bba88190a7d20a03826cbff0 completed May 16, 2026, 8:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a082ee3aafc819088a14b0a5d655072 completed May 16, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a082f70e24881909c43a85289df4976 completed May 16, 2026, 8:48 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 11:32 p.m.