Triple

T3131828
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Charlie Baker E65431 entity
Predicate appointedBy P257 FINISHED
Object William Weld
William Weld is an American Republican politician and attorney who served as governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later became known for his roles in Libertarian and moderate Republican politics.
E330465 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 Weld | Statement: [Charlie Baker, appointedBy, William Weld]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Weld
Context triple: [Charlie Baker, appointedBy, William Weld]
  • A. Josiah Quincy I
    Josiah Quincy I was an 18th-century Massachusetts merchant and prominent colonial political figure whose family became influential in early American public life.
  • B. Peleg Wadsworth
    Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • C. John Leverett
    John Leverett was a 17th-century colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who played a key leadership role during King Philip's War.
  • D. Eleazar W. Ripley
    Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
  • E. Josiah Quincy Jr.
    Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
  • 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 Weld
Triple: [Charlie Baker, appointedBy, William Weld]
Generated description
William Weld is an American Republican politician and attorney who served as governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later became known for his roles in Libertarian and moderate Republican politics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Weld
Target entity description: William Weld is an American Republican politician and attorney who served as governor of Massachusetts in the 1990s and later became known for his roles in Libertarian and moderate Republican politics.
  • A. Josiah Quincy I
    Josiah Quincy I was an 18th-century Massachusetts merchant and prominent colonial political figure whose family became influential in early American public life.
  • B. Peleg Wadsworth
    Peleg Wadsworth was an American Revolutionary War general and prominent New England figure whose family home later became associated with his grandson, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • C. John Leverett
    John Leverett was a 17th-century colonial governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony who played a key leadership role during King Philip's War.
  • D. Eleazar W. Ripley
    Eleazar W. Ripley was an American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, noted for his leadership in several key battles.
  • E. Josiah Quincy Jr.
    Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
  • 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_69ad8581c25c8190b0d85ba9b9baa531 completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ada55f77b881908866fc43bdb18185 completed March 8, 2026, 4:35 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b20f82787c81908eb72b18614c3421 completed March 12, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b2102e35b08190ad9ca397f0c937da completed March 12, 2026, 1 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b21458b07081909d75886e0d9f88e9 completed March 12, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:04 p.m.