Triple

T2074484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Langer E44890 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Langer
William Langer was a prominent American politician who served as both governor of North Dakota and a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
E233201 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 Langer | Statement: [Langer, hasNotableBearer, William Langer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Langer
Context triple: [Langer, hasNotableBearer, William Langer]
  • A. Ward Bond
    Ward Bond was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in classic Hollywood films and the television series "Wagon Train."
  • B. Stirling Silliphant
    Stirling Silliphant was an American screenwriter best known for his prolific work in film and television, including the Oscar-winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night."
  • C. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • D. Clarence Brown
    Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
  • E. Henry de Mille
    Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
  • 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 Langer
Triple: [Langer, hasNotableBearer, William Langer]
Generated description
William Langer was a prominent American politician who served as both governor of North Dakota and a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Langer
Target entity description: William Langer was a prominent American politician who served as both governor of North Dakota and a U.S. senator in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Ward Bond
    Ward Bond was an American character actor best known for his prolific work in classic Hollywood films and the television series "Wagon Train."
  • B. Stirling Silliphant
    Stirling Silliphant was an American screenwriter best known for his prolific work in film and television, including the Oscar-winning screenplay for "In the Heat of the Night."
  • C. Dick Van Patten
    Dick Van Patten was an American actor best known for his role as the father on the television series "Eight Is Enough" and for numerous character roles in film and TV comedies.
  • D. Clarence Brown
    Clarence Brown was an American film director best known for his work during Hollywood’s silent and early sound eras, directing classics such as "Anna Christie," "National Velvet," and several Greta Garbo films.
  • E. Henry de Mille
    Henry de Mille was an American playwright and educator of the late 19th century, known for his successful stage works and as the father of film directors William C. deMille and Cecil B. DeMille.
  • 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_69a88916c2b48190a5ca2e9b12cad3ed completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba116ea0819086d16c3913159e9e completed March 7, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae30547b288190ab9466686f749768 completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae30f6b7c4819080cb7cb7adc1f6d3 completed March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae31849d7c8190a4e3c90334bf21a5 completed March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.