Triple
T2693248
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William English Walling |
E58451
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William H. Walling
William H. Walling was the father of American labor reformer and socialist activist William English Walling.
|
E691655
|
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: William H. Walling | Statement: [William English Walling, father, William H. Walling]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Walling Context triple: [William English Walling, father, William H. Walling]
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A.
Edwin T. Meredith
Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
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B.
Henry E. Brady
Henry E. Brady is an American political scientist known for his influential work on political behavior, methodology, and democratic participation.
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C.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
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E.
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: William H. Walling Triple: [William English Walling, father, William H. Walling]
Generated description
William H. Walling was the father of American labor reformer and socialist activist William English Walling.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William H. Walling Target entity description: William H. Walling was the father of American labor reformer and socialist activist William English Walling.
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A.
Edwin T. Meredith
Edwin T. Meredith was an American publisher and politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Woodrow Wilson.
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B.
Henry E. Brady
Henry E. Brady is an American political scientist known for his influential work on political behavior, methodology, and democratic participation.
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C.
William C. Foster
William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th century.
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D.
Edward B. Burling
Edward B. Burling was an American lawyer and prominent Washington, D.C. legal figure best known as a co-founder of the influential law firm Covington & Burling.
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E.
Ferdinand L. Barnett
Ferdinand L. Barnett was an African American lawyer, journalist, and civil rights activist in Chicago who founded the influential black newspaper The Conservator and worked prominently for racial justice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abda0f43b08190a5abd936b14603b7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c99ba1bbdc81909269ac0a97caa91d |
completed | March 29, 2026, 9:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c99f9d6d988190b69500ae0a1b6f6c |
completed | March 29, 2026, 9:54 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c9a057f37c8190837e56f60b1edb2e |
completed | March 29, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.