Triple
T21365580
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | W. Howard Greene |
E526901
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Howard |
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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: Howard | Statement: [W. Howard Greene, givenName, Howard]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Context triple: [W. Howard Greene, givenName, Howard]
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A.
Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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B.
Howard
Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
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C.
Howard
Howard is a young boy who serves as a minor but symbolically important character in the play "Inherit the Wind," representing the town’s impressionable youth amid the evolution-versus-creationism trial.
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D.
Howard
Howard is the middle name of Robert H. Grubbs, the Nobel Prize–winning American chemist renowned for his work on olefin metathesis.
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E.
Howard
Howard is a character in Kenneth Lonergan's play "The Waverly Gallery," serving as a key figure in the story's exploration of family, memory, and aging.
- 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: Howard Target entity description: Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin, commonly used in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Howard
chosen
Howard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "high guardian" or "noble watchman," borne by numerous notable figures across politics, arts, and academia.
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B.
Howard
Howard is a common English surname shared by numerous notable figures across entertainment, politics, and other fields.
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C.
Howard
Howard is the given name of the influential American film director, producer, and screenwriter Howard Hawks.
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D.
Howard
Howard is the given first name of Canadian comedian, television host, and actor Howie Mandel.
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E.
Howard
Howard is the given first name of Howie Dorough, a singer best known as a member of the Backstreet Boys.
- F. None of above.
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_69e0b51d8a308190b09113b3b3f9bc15 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e8b06ec4208190b9ed3484afd85852 |
completed | April 22, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 5:09 p.m.