Triple

T2918184
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Byrd E78656 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. is the birth name of Robert Byrd, the long-serving U.S. Senator from West Virginia and former Senate Majority Leader.
E309889 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: Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. | Statement: [Robert Byrd, birthName, Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
Context triple: [Robert Byrd, birthName, Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.]
  • A. John Calvin Stevens
    John Calvin Stevens was a prominent American architect known for his influential Shingle Style and Colonial Revival designs, particularly in Maine around the turn of the 20th century.
  • B. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • C. John Shelby
    John Shelby is a key member of the Shelby crime family in the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known for his fierce loyalty, volatility, and role in the gang's violent operations.
  • D. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • E. Cornelius Mathews
    Cornelius Mathews was a 19th-century American writer and editor associated with the Young America movement, known for his satirical and nationalistic literary works.
  • 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: Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
Triple: [Robert Byrd, birthName, Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.]
Generated description
Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. is the birth name of Robert Byrd, the long-serving U.S. Senator from West Virginia and former Senate Majority Leader.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.
Target entity description: Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr. is the birth name of Robert Byrd, the long-serving U.S. Senator from West Virginia and former Senate Majority Leader.
  • A. John Calvin Stevens
    John Calvin Stevens was a prominent American architect known for his influential Shingle Style and Colonial Revival designs, particularly in Maine around the turn of the 20th century.
  • B. Charles G. Smith
    Charles G. Smith was an American engineer and businessman best known as a co-founder of the defense and aerospace company Raytheon.
  • C. John Shelby
    John Shelby is a key member of the Shelby crime family in the British television series "Peaky Blinders," known for his fierce loyalty, volatility, and role in the gang's violent operations.
  • D. J. Dallas Dort
    J. Dallas Dort was an American automobile pioneer and industrialist best known as the co-founder of the Durant-Dort Carriage Company, a key precursor to General Motors.
  • E. Cornelius Mathews
    Cornelius Mathews was a 19th-century American writer and editor associated with the Young America movement, known for his satirical and nationalistic literary works.
  • 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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad96a41b4c81909d8ace8ab270ed3c completed March 8, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0562c5b5081908026b3f590b03aca completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0613dfb048190b08b01837088b9dd completed March 10, 2026, 6:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b06514562881909d3b08af898406f7 completed March 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.