Triple

T20339864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Anthony Bailey E495709 entity
Predicate alsoKnownAs P39 FINISHED
Object James A. Bailey
James A. Bailey was a prominent 19th-century American circus impresario best known as a co-founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
 E1456973 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 A. Bailey | Statement: [James Anthony Bailey, alsoKnownAs, James A. Bailey]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Bailey
Context triple: [James Anthony Bailey, alsoKnownAs, James A. Bailey]
  • A. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • B. Charles M. Barnes
    Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
  • C. James M. McHaney
    James M. McHaney was an American lawyer who served as a chief prosecutor in several post-World War II Nuremberg war crimes trials.
  • D. William G. McGowan
    William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
  • E. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • 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 A. Bailey
Triple: [James Anthony Bailey, alsoKnownAs, James A. Bailey]
Generated description
James A. Bailey was a prominent 19th-century American circus impresario best known as a co-founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James A. Bailey
Target entity description: James A. Bailey was a prominent 19th-century American circus impresario best known as a co-founder of the Barnum & Bailey Circus.
  • A. Charles B. Mulvehill
    Charles B. Mulvehill was a film producer best known for his work on the cult classic dark comedy "Harold and Maude."
  • B. Charles M. Barnes
    Charles M. Barnes was an American entrepreneur and bookseller best known as a co-founder of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain.
  • C. James M. McHaney
    James M. McHaney was an American lawyer who served as a chief prosecutor in several post-World War II Nuremberg war crimes trials.
  • D. William G. McGowan
    William G. McGowan was an American businessman best known for transforming MCI into a major telecommunications competitor to AT&T and helping to deregulate the U.S. long-distance phone industry.
  • E. Charles R. Boling
    Charles R. Boling was a prominent supporter and benefactor of the University of Tennessee whose contributions led to the major campus venue Thompson–Boling Arena bearing his name.
  • 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_69e0b4a1a09881908d97270d6971a25a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e678342a0081908ede8006eb5506a3 completed April 20, 2026, 7:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0918b4a2d88190b91660be464301fa completed May 17, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a091b61597481909edb4da03f712eaa completed May 17, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a091b99c9c48190a19c44b3773d5fdd completed May 17, 2026, 1:36 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:23 a.m.