Triple
T2881154
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Kansas City Star |
E59398
|
entity |
| Predicate | employed |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Allen White
William Allen White was a prominent American newspaper editor, author, and political commentator known as the influential editor of the Emporia Gazette and a leading voice of Midwestern progressivism in the early 20th century.
|
E307932
|
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 Allen White | Statement: [The Kansas City Star, employed, William Allen White]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Allen White Context triple: [The Kansas City Star, employed, William Allen White]
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A.
George William Curtis
George William Curtis was a 19th-century American writer, editor, and political reformer known for his influential essays and commentary on civil service reform and liberal politics.
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B.
William Maynard Hutchins
William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
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C.
Harold Hutchins
Harold Hutchins is a mischievous, imaginative elementary school student and amateur comic-book artist who co-creates the superhero Captain Underpants in the "Captain Underpants" series.
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D.
Joseph F. Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and New Deal supporter known for his leadership on coal industry regulation and labor issues.
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E.
John Mead Howells
John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
- 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 Allen White Triple: [The Kansas City Star, employed, William Allen White]
Generated description
William Allen White was a prominent American newspaper editor, author, and political commentator known as the influential editor of the Emporia Gazette and a leading voice of Midwestern progressivism in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Allen White Target entity description: William Allen White was a prominent American newspaper editor, author, and political commentator known as the influential editor of the Emporia Gazette and a leading voice of Midwestern progressivism in the early 20th century.
-
A.
George William Curtis
George William Curtis was a 19th-century American writer, editor, and political reformer known for his influential essays and commentary on civil service reform and liberal politics.
-
B.
William Maynard Hutchins
William Maynard Hutchins is an American translator and scholar best known for translating major works of modern Arabic literature, including Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy.
-
C.
Harold Hutchins
Harold Hutchins is a mischievous, imaginative elementary school student and amateur comic-book artist who co-creates the superhero Captain Underpants in the "Captain Underpants" series.
-
D.
Joseph F. Guffey
Joseph F. Guffey was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and New Deal supporter known for his leadership on coal industry regulation and labor issues.
-
E.
John Mead Howells
John Mead Howells was an American architect best known for his influential skyscraper designs in the early 20th century and his role in shaping Chicago’s and New York’s urban skylines.
- 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_69ab4ac739188190a112f42a5a69c951 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abe0296be081908070bd48fe4fc926 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 8:22 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b031633efc819088c2ea29eafaff0f |
completed | March 10, 2026, 2:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b033894ca881908691b88e6108257c |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b03c3af7b48190b66bb32df59196e3 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 3:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:03 p.m.