Triple

T2922849
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Witherspoon E78770 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Samuel Witherspoon
Samuel Witherspoon is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Witherspoon.
 E309501 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: Samuel Witherspoon | Statement: [Witherspoon, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Witherspoon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Witherspoon
Context triple: [Witherspoon, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Witherspoon]
  • A. Samuel Reynolds
    Samuel Reynolds was the founder of St Edward's School in Oxford, an English educational institution established in the 19th century.
  • B. Samuel Ward
    Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
  • C. Samuel Holden
    Samuel Holden was an influential 18th-century British politician and merchant whose prominence and philanthropy led to institutions such as Holden Chapel being named in his honor.
  • D. Samuel Downing
    Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
  • E. Samuel Pearson
    Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
  • 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: Samuel Witherspoon
Triple: [Witherspoon, hasNotableBearer, Samuel Witherspoon]
Generated description
Samuel Witherspoon is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Witherspoon.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Samuel Witherspoon
Target entity description: Samuel Witherspoon is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Witherspoon.
  • A. Samuel Reynolds
    Samuel Reynolds was the founder of St Edward's School in Oxford, an English educational institution established in the 19th century.
  • B. Samuel Ward
    Samuel Ward was a 19th-century American banker and art patron known for commissioning significant works such as Thomas Cole’s "The Voyage of Life" series.
  • C. Samuel Holden
    Samuel Holden was an influential 18th-century British politician and merchant whose prominence and philanthropy led to institutions such as Holden Chapel being named in his honor.
  • D. Samuel Downing
    Samuel Downing was the father of influential 19th-century American landscape designer and writer Andrew Jackson Downing.
  • E. Samuel Pearson
    Samuel Pearson was a British entrepreneur and publisher best known for establishing the company that evolved into the global education and publishing corporation Pearson plc.
  • 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_69ad97bd65ac81909a05ea2bade113d0 completed March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b056375b5c819081c7d4fd506cbf25 completed March 10, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b05f640afc8190bf9b5b90ff7c9b0e completed March 10, 2026, 6:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b06010c1948190a2e13084a79b106b completed March 10, 2026, 6:16 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.