Triple

T202874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Merriam Award E4543 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.
E49075 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: James Q. Wilson | Statement: [Merriam Award, notableRecipient, James Q. Wilson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Q. Wilson
Context triple: [Merriam Award, notableRecipient, James Q. Wilson]
  • A. Gary King
    Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • D. Urie McCleary
    Urie McCleary was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films in the mid-20th century.
  • E. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • 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: James Q. Wilson
Triple: [Merriam Award, notableRecipient, James Q. Wilson]
Generated description
James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Q. Wilson
Target entity description: James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.
  • A. Gary King
    Gary King is a prominent American political scientist and quantitative methodologist at Harvard University, known for his influential work in statistical methods for social science research.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • D. Urie McCleary
    Urie McCleary was an American art director and production designer known for his work on numerous Hollywood films in the mid-20th century.
  • E. James Honaker
    James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
  • 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_69a25737567c81908f9c505300239181 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25be7337481909f4937fc1a06fb53 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a40348b4f08190bdb3f7085d5db930 completed March 1, 2026, 9:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a403b80b248190999fda46ddecb377 completed March 1, 2026, 9:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a403f65c708190b4697019943c2fa0 completed March 1, 2026, 9:16 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:51 a.m.