Triple

T274168
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Black E5209 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Black
William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
 E37004 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 Black | Statement: [Black, hasNotableBearer, William Black]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Black
Context triple: [Black, hasNotableBearer, William Black]
  • A. Richard Price
    Richard Price was an 18th-century Welsh moral philosopher, dissenting minister, and political radical known for his influential writings on population, economics, and civil liberties.
  • B. William Murdock
    William Murdock was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the use of coal gas for lighting and for his work with James Watt and Matthew Boulton on steam engine development.
  • C. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • D. Henry Sharp
    Henry Sharp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous early 20th-century films, including the adventure drama "The Iron Mask."
  • E. Robert Black
    Robert Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, literature, and law.
  • 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 Black
Triple: [Black, hasNotableBearer, William Black]
Generated description
William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Black
Target entity description: William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
  • A. Richard Price
    Richard Price was an 18th-century Welsh moral philosopher, dissenting minister, and political radical known for his influential writings on population, economics, and civil liberties.
  • B. William Murdock
    William Murdock was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the use of coal gas for lighting and for his work with James Watt and Matthew Boulton on steam engine development.
  • C. Julius Lankershim
    Julius Lankershim was a prominent 19th-century Los Angeles landowner and developer whose holdings and influence helped shape early Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
  • D. Henry Sharp
    Henry Sharp was an American cinematographer known for his work on numerous early 20th-century films, including the adventure drama "The Iron Mask."
  • E. Robert Black
    Robert Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple notable individuals across fields such as music, literature, and law.
  • 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_69a257e6c8788190987dfe705ca2912a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25dd0a99c819089968a5400c58c5f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a39d04650c8190bda8f1b982c645df completed March 1, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a39d811780819087215116b8efced8 completed March 1, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a39df45f7c81908b9ec2767ae3375f completed March 1, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:59 a.m.