Triple
T2273303
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bantam Books |
E50710
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Walter B. Pitkin Jr.
Walter B. Pitkin Jr. was an American publisher and editor best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback pioneer Bantam Books.
|
E260989
|
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: Walter B. Pitkin Jr. | Statement: [Bantam Books, foundedBy, Walter B. Pitkin Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter B. Pitkin Jr. Context triple: [Bantam Books, foundedBy, Walter B. Pitkin Jr.]
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A.
William H. Filer
William H. Filer was an American banker and civic leader best known for his pivotal role in establishing the University of Miami in the 1920s.
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B.
Michael Meany
Michael Meany was the father of influential American labor leader George Meany and himself a working-class New Yorker involved in the early 20th-century labor milieu.
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C.
Wilson M. Tigard
Wilson M. Tigard was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Tigard, Oregon, was named.
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D.
William A. Egan
William A. Egan was an American politician who became the first elected governor of the U.S. state of Alaska after it achieved statehood.
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E.
Cecil D. Andrus
Cecil D. Andrus was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Jimmy Carter and as a long-time governor of Idaho, known for his work on environmental and public lands issues.
- 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: Walter B. Pitkin Jr. Triple: [Bantam Books, foundedBy, Walter B. Pitkin Jr.]
Generated description
Walter B. Pitkin Jr. was an American publisher and editor best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback pioneer Bantam Books.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walter B. Pitkin Jr. Target entity description: Walter B. Pitkin Jr. was an American publisher and editor best known as a co-founder of the mass-market paperback pioneer Bantam Books.
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A.
William H. Filer
William H. Filer was an American banker and civic leader best known for his pivotal role in establishing the University of Miami in the 1920s.
-
B.
Michael Meany
Michael Meany was the father of influential American labor leader George Meany and himself a working-class New Yorker involved in the early 20th-century labor milieu.
-
C.
Wilson M. Tigard
Wilson M. Tigard was an early settler and prominent local figure after whom the city of Tigard, Oregon, was named.
-
D.
William A. Egan
William A. Egan was an American politician who became the first elected governor of the U.S. state of Alaska after it achieved statehood.
-
E.
Cecil D. Andrus
Cecil D. Andrus was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Jimmy Carter and as a long-time governor of Idaho, known for his work on environmental and public lands issues.
- 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_69abc1ea6cc88190982527774223127f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:12 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea86ab4cc8190ba2203c09f72aaa6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69aeaa6cb58081909a0897d4cb328063 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69aeabb6d43481908899080f6ca58101 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11:15 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.