Triple
T21299469
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William M. Sullivan |
E525016
|
entity |
| Predicate | coAuthor |
P398
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Matthew W. Finkin
Matthew W. Finkin is an American legal scholar best known for his work in labor and employment law and academic freedom.
|
E1498983
|
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: Matthew W. Finkin | Statement: [William M. Sullivan, coAuthor, Matthew W. Finkin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew W. Finkin Context triple: [William M. Sullivan, coAuthor, Matthew W. Finkin]
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A.
Matthew F. Jacobson
Matthew F. Jacobson is an American music executive best known as the founder of the influential independent metal and punk label Relapse Records.
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B.
Aaron M. Frey
Aaron M. Frey is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who serves as the chief legal officer for the state of Maine.
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C.
Eric L. Zinterhofer
Eric L. Zinterhofer is an American private equity investor and media executive known for his leadership roles in the telecommunications and cable industry.
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D.
Michael J. Fischer
Michael J. Fischer is an American computer scientist best known for his foundational contributions to distributed computing and fault-tolerant consensus, including co-authoring the FLP impossibility result.
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E.
Christopher A. Fuchs
Christopher A. Fuchs is an American physicist and philosopher of physics best known for developing and championing QBism, a subjective Bayesian interpretation of quantum mechanics.
- 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: Matthew W. Finkin Triple: [William M. Sullivan, coAuthor, Matthew W. Finkin]
Generated description
Matthew W. Finkin is an American legal scholar best known for his work in labor and employment law and academic freedom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Matthew W. Finkin Target entity description: Matthew W. Finkin is an American legal scholar best known for his work in labor and employment law and academic freedom.
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A.
Matthew F. Jacobson
Matthew F. Jacobson is an American music executive best known as the founder of the influential independent metal and punk label Relapse Records.
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B.
Aaron M. Frey
Aaron M. Frey is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who serves as the chief legal officer for the state of Maine.
-
C.
Eric L. Zinterhofer
Eric L. Zinterhofer is an American private equity investor and media executive known for his leadership roles in the telecommunications and cable industry.
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D.
Michael J. Fischer
Michael J. Fischer is an American computer scientist best known for his foundational contributions to distributed computing and fault-tolerant consensus, including co-authoring the FLP impossibility result.
-
E.
Christopher A. Fuchs
Christopher A. Fuchs is an American physicist and philosopher of physics best known for developing and championing QBism, a subjective Bayesian interpretation of quantum mechanics.
- 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_69e0b517e6748190850d6f6ddf323d69 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7385b1c548190b940ded0163ee3ca |
completed | April 21, 2026, 8:42 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a2eb705288190a77bdd249e57f869 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:10 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a2f52c2688190bf05774546a4ba58 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a2fe468ac81908b591a086eade238 |
completed | May 17, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 4:05 p.m.