Triple

T2272870
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject De Witt E50699 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Ben de Witt
Ben de Witt is a relatively obscure individual whose primary current distinction is simply being noted as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
E254792 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: Ben de Witt | Statement: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Ben de Witt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben de Witt
Context triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Ben de Witt]
  • A. Jacob de Witt
    Jacob de Witt was a Dutch regent and politician of the Dutch Golden Age, best known as the father of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and a prominent member of the influential De Witt family.
  • B. Simeon De Witt
    Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
  • C. Nicholas Herkimer
    Nicholas Herkimer was an American Revolutionary War militia general from New York, best known for leading colonial forces at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777.
  • D. William De Witt
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • E. Abraham Van Brunt
    Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
  • 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: Ben de Witt
Triple: [De Witt, hasNotableBearer, Ben de Witt]
Generated description
Ben de Witt is a relatively obscure individual whose primary current distinction is simply being noted as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben de Witt
Target entity description: Ben de Witt is a relatively obscure individual whose primary current distinction is simply being noted as a bearer of the De Witt surname.
  • A. Jacob de Witt
    Jacob de Witt was a Dutch regent and politician of the Dutch Golden Age, best known as the father of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and a prominent member of the influential De Witt family.
  • B. Simeon De Witt
    Simeon De Witt was an American surveyor and cartographer who served as Surveyor General of New York for over fifty years, playing a key role in mapping and planning the state after the Revolutionary War.
  • C. Nicholas Herkimer
    Nicholas Herkimer was an American Revolutionary War militia general from New York, best known for leading colonial forces at the Battle of Oriskany in 1777.
  • D. William De Witt chosen
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • E. Abraham Van Brunt
    Abraham Van Brunt, better known as Brom Bones, is the boisterous, brawny rival of Ichabod Crane in Washington Irving’s short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
  • F. None of above.

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_69ae960554108190a202855ad0d3caaa completed March 9, 2026, 9:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae96b399608190bfa846c433612142 completed March 9, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae977aac9c8190b5fecd5fea8893fd completed March 9, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.