Triple
T3163565
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William M. Evarts |
E66156
|
entity |
| Predicate | middleName |
P143
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maxwell
Maxwell is the middle name of William M. Evarts, a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State.
|
E334236
|
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: Maxwell | Statement: [William M. Evarts, middleName, Maxwell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell Context triple: [William M. Evarts, middleName, Maxwell]
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A.
Maxwell
Maxwell is the given first name of the influential American jazz drummer and composer Max Roach.
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B.
Maxwell
Maxwell is the given first name of Lord Beaverbrook, a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian newspaper magnate and politician.
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C.
James Maxwell
James Maxwell was a British architect known for designing prominent late 19th-century structures, including the iconic Blackpool Tower.
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D.
Melville James Bell
Melville James Bell was the son of phonetician Alexander Melville Bell and a member of the Bell family known for its contributions to speech and communication studies.
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E.
Melville James Bell
Melville James Bell was a British-born phonetician and educator best known for developing Visible Speech, a system of phonetic notation used to teach correct pronunciation.
- 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: Maxwell Triple: [William M. Evarts, middleName, Maxwell]
Generated description
Maxwell is the middle name of William M. Evarts, a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maxwell Target entity description: Maxwell is the middle name of William M. Evarts, a prominent 19th-century American lawyer, statesman, and U.S. Secretary of State.
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A.
Maxwell
Maxwell is the given first name of Lord Beaverbrook, a prominent 20th-century British-Canadian newspaper magnate and politician.
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B.
Maxwell
Maxwell is the given first name of the influential American jazz drummer and composer Max Roach.
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C.
James Maxwell
James Maxwell was a British architect known for designing prominent late 19th-century structures, including the iconic Blackpool Tower.
-
D.
Melville James Bell
Melville James Bell was the son of phonetician Alexander Melville Bell and a member of the Bell family known for its contributions to speech and communication studies.
-
E.
Melville James Bell
Melville James Bell was a British-born phonetician and educator best known for developing Visible Speech, a system of phonetic notation used to teach correct pronunciation.
- 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_69ad85850c1481908a9e9c6242238de2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada61a4b8481908897a8d39d94c2f4 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:38 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b235d823948190b1fbe0dbf303133d |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b239bac9c48190b38fd7fa59b4c061 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b23a0dcb7c819080a89f08948aff3a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 3:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:06 p.m.