Triple

T20746225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Walker Atkinson E510589 entity
Predicate pseudonym P39 FINISHED
Object Theodore Sheldon 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: Theodore Sheldon | Statement: [William Walker Atkinson, pseudonym, Theodore Sheldon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Theodore Sheldon
Context triple: [William Walker Atkinson, pseudonym, Theodore Sheldon]
  • A. Sheldon Stone
    Sheldon Stone is an American investor and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a leading global alternative investment firm known for its expertise in distressed debt.
  • B. James Sheldon
    James Sheldon was an American television director best known for his prolific work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone, including the iconic episode "It's a Good Life."
  • C. Theodore Soderberg
    Theodore Soderberg was a film sound engineer recognized for his work on classic Hollywood productions.
  • D. Sheldon Finkelstein
    Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • E. Sheldon Corthell
    Sheldon Corthell is a fictional character in Frank Norris’s novel "The Pit: A Story of Chicago," which explores the world of grain speculation and high finance in early 20th-century Chicago.
  • 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: Theodore Sheldon
Target entity description: Theodore Sheldon is a pseudonym used by William Walker Atkinson, a prolific early 20th-century American writer on New Thought, occultism, and self-improvement.
  • A. Sheldon Stone
    Sheldon Stone is an American investor and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a leading global alternative investment firm known for its expertise in distressed debt.
  • B. James Sheldon
    James Sheldon was an American television director best known for his prolific work on classic series such as The Twilight Zone, including the iconic episode "It's a Good Life."
  • C. Theodore Soderberg
    Theodore Soderberg was a film sound engineer recognized for his work on classic Hollywood productions.
  • D. Sheldon Finkelstein
    Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
  • E. Sheldon Corthell
    Sheldon Corthell is a fictional character in Frank Norris’s novel "The Pit: A Story of Chicago," which explores the world of grain speculation and high finance in early 20th-century Chicago.
  • 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_69e0b4c845e88190b4c5f3ae79291182 completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c225c564819088f2461467698095 completed April 21, 2026, 12:17 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:33 p.m.