Triple
T20746225
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Walker Atkinson |
E510589
|
entity |
| Predicate | pseudonym |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Theodore Sheldon |
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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: 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]
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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.
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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."
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C.
Theodore Soderberg
Theodore Soderberg was a film sound engineer recognized for his work on classic Hollywood productions.
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D.
Sheldon Finkelstein
Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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C.
Theodore Soderberg
Theodore Soderberg was a film sound engineer recognized for his work on classic Hollywood productions.
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D.
Sheldon Finkelstein
Sheldon Finkelstein is a person notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Finkelstein.
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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.