Triple

T3343953
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals E70324 entity
Predicate notableJudge P28256 FINISHED
Object Donald E. Lane
Donald E. Lane was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing significantly to federal customs and patent law.
 E649761 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: Donald E. Lane | Statement: [United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, notableJudge, Donald E. Lane]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald E. Lane
Context triple: [United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, notableJudge, Donald E. Lane]
  • A. Timothy O. Lane
    Timothy O. Lane is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Lane, likely for professional or public contributions in his field.
  • B. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • C. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • D. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • E. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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: Donald E. Lane
Triple: [United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, notableJudge, Donald E. Lane]
Generated description
Donald E. Lane was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing significantly to federal customs and patent law.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Donald E. Lane
Target entity description: Donald E. Lane was an American jurist who served as a prominent judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing significantly to federal customs and patent law.
  • A. Timothy O. Lane
    Timothy O. Lane is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Lane, likely for professional or public contributions in his field.
  • B. Donald R. Seawell
    Donald R. Seawell was an American attorney, theatrical producer, and arts patron best known for his influential role in developing Denver’s cultural landscape.
  • C. Roger D. Lapham
    Roger D. Lapham was an American shipping executive and politician who served as mayor of San Francisco in the 1940s.
  • D. Alan E. Nourse
    Alan E. Nourse was an American science fiction author and physician known for works that often explored medical and social themes, including the novel "The Bladerunner."
  • E. Allen M. Davey
    Allen M. Davey was an American cinematographer known for his work on early Technicolor films in Hollywood.
  • 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_69ad85a405e48190b6e68de7cf9f319e completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adb1f23008819084ea68b8431c50ab completed March 8, 2026, 5:29 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7cb9f421081908b9df22decae8923 completed March 28, 2026, 12:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7ccafd63c81908e5eab61ed615180 completed March 28, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c7cd9966e481909eb3c23bb59777d9 completed March 28, 2026, 12:46 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.