Triple

T2272860
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Witt E50699 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object David M. De Witt
David M. De Witt was an American lawyer, historian, and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York in the late 19th century.
E529216 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: David M. De Witt | Statement: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, David M. De Witt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David M. De Witt
Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, David M. De Witt]
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. John S. Detlie
    John S. Detlie was an American art director and architect, known for his work in Hollywood films of the 1940s and later for designing notable buildings and civic projects.
  • C. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • D. Morton M. Denn
    Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
  • E. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • 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: David M. De Witt
Triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, David M. De Witt]
Generated description
David M. De Witt was an American lawyer, historian, and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York in the late 19th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David M. De Witt
Target entity description: David M. De Witt was an American lawyer, historian, and Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York in the late 19th century.
  • A. Edwin E. Witte
    Edwin E. Witte was an American economist and civil servant known as the “father of Social Security” for his central role in drafting the U.S. Social Security Act of 1935.
  • B. John S. Detlie
    John S. Detlie was an American art director and architect, known for his work in Hollywood films of the 1940s and later for designing notable buildings and civic projects.
  • C. Robert F. Colesberry
    Robert F. Colesberry was an American film and television producer and director best known for helping shape the visual style and production of acclaimed series like *The Wire* and *Homicide: Life on the Street*.
  • D. Morton M. Denn
    Morton M. Denn is a prominent chemical engineer and rheologist known for his influential research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and polymer processing.
  • E. Richard T. Wetherald
    Richard T. Wetherald was an atmospheric scientist known for his pioneering work with Syukuro Manabe on early climate modeling and the greenhouse effect.
  • 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_69a88b05910c8190a9a2b1ff230c85f9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc1e872448190a1d6c6071b2a294b completed March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0276db4e8819090ece339aba3a13b completed March 22, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c037fca93881908d4d7403bfb1f866 completed March 22, 2026, 6:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c03898327c8190bd3b889bd7663003 completed March 22, 2026, 6:44 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.