Triple

T3244307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Whitcomb Riley E68035 entity
Predicate middleName P143 FINISHED
Object Whitcomb
Whitcomb is the middle name of James Whitcomb Riley, the renowned American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet" for his dialect verse and children's poetry.
 E338994 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: Whitcomb | Statement: [James Whitcomb Riley, middleName, Whitcomb]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whitcomb
Context triple: [James Whitcomb Riley, middleName, Whitcomb]
  • A. Aber Whitcomb
    Aber Whitcomb is an American technology entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and former chief technology officer of the social networking site MySpace.
  • B. Hoyt
    Hoyt is a family surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including Mary Hoyt Sherman before her marriage.
  • C. Willard
    Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
  • D. Paxton
    Paxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland.
  • E. Milhous
    Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
  • 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: Whitcomb
Triple: [James Whitcomb Riley, middleName, Whitcomb]
Generated description
Whitcomb is the middle name of James Whitcomb Riley, the renowned American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet" for his dialect verse and children's poetry.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Whitcomb
Target entity description: Whitcomb is the middle name of James Whitcomb Riley, the renowned American poet known as the "Hoosier Poet" for his dialect verse and children's poetry.
  • A. Aber Whitcomb
    Aber Whitcomb is an American technology entrepreneur and software engineer best known as a co-founder and former chief technology officer of the social networking site MySpace.
  • B. Hoyt
    Hoyt is a family surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals, including Mary Hoyt Sherman before her marriage.
  • C. Willard
    Willard is a masculine given name of Old English origin meaning "resolute" or "strong-willed."
  • D. Paxton
    Paxton is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders region of southeastern Scotland.
  • E. Milhous
    Milhous is the distinctive middle name of Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States.
  • 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_69ad858e4c708190aa31d486cfee8a6a completed March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adaf1856708190b072efbb27920ade completed March 8, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b2775be7c88190ba60b191f1c51e19 completed March 12, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b278471ee48190918dd503d1bffd7d completed March 12, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b278a64ae48190a00dbeff59ad9d6b completed March 12, 2026, 8:26 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m.