Triple
T20388969
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Meadville, Pennsylvania |
E498033
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotablePerson |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object | John W. Witherspoon |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: John W. Witherspoon | Statement: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, John W. Witherspoon]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Witherspoon Context triple: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, John W. Witherspoon]
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A.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
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B.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
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C.
Hugh Blair
Hugh Blair was an 18th-century Scottish minister, rhetorician, and literary critic whose influential lectures and writings made him a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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D.
Samuel Davies
Samuel Davies was an influential 18th-century American Presbyterian minister and evangelist, noted for his powerful preaching, defense of religious liberty, and major role in spreading the ideals of the Great Awakening, especially in colonial Virginia.
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E.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Witherspoon Target entity description: John W. Witherspoon is a notable individual associated with Meadville, Pennsylvania, recognized for his local prominence or contributions to the community.
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A.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
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B.
John Witherspoon
John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
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C.
Hugh Blair
Hugh Blair was an 18th-century Scottish minister, rhetorician, and literary critic whose influential lectures and writings made him a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
-
D.
Samuel Davies
Samuel Davies was an influential 18th-century American Presbyterian minister and evangelist, noted for his powerful preaching, defense of religious liberty, and major role in spreading the ideals of the Great Awakening, especially in colonial Virginia.
-
E.
Samuel Hopkins
Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6790d9e5881908bde7da9e5e541a0 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.