Triple

T2272864
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Witt E50699 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John L. DeWitt
John L. DeWitt was a U.S. Army general best known for overseeing the Western Defense Command during World War II and for his role in advocating the internment of Japanese Americans.
E661872 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: John L. DeWitt | Statement: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, John L. DeWitt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. DeWitt
Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, John L. DeWitt]
  • A. William B. Isham
    William B. Isham was a New York businessman and landowner whose former estate in northern Manhattan became the public green space now known as Isham Park.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert L. Eichelberger
    Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
  • E. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • 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: John L. DeWitt
Triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, John L. DeWitt]
Generated description
John L. DeWitt was a U.S. Army general best known for overseeing the Western Defense Command during World War II and for his role in advocating the internment of Japanese Americans.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John L. DeWitt
Target entity description: John L. DeWitt was a U.S. Army general best known for overseeing the Western Defense Command during World War II and for his role in advocating the internment of Japanese Americans.
  • A. William B. Isham
    William B. Isham was a New York businessman and landowner whose former estate in northern Manhattan became the public green space now known as Isham Park.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Harry M. Wegeforth
    Harry M. Wegeforth was an American physician and civic leader best known for establishing and guiding the early development of the San Diego Zoo into a major zoological institution.
  • D. Robert L. Eichelberger
    Robert L. Eichelberger was a senior U.S. Army general in the Pacific Theater during World War II, noted for his leadership of the Eighth Army in major campaigns against Japanese forces.
  • E. William D. Stephens
    William D. Stephens was an American Republican politician who served as the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
  • 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_69c8108dda308190bb3b7209efe132bb completed March 28, 2026, 5:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c8122368b88190812f02f0c4bb3953 completed March 28, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c812c1e9d08190b0e7f052d87011b9 completed March 28, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.