Triple
T3540639
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | May |
E74874
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Clifford May
Clifford May is an American journalist and foreign policy analyst best known as the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
|
E366847
|
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: Clifford May | Statement: [May, hasNotableBearer, Clifford May]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford May Context triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Clifford May]
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A.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
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B.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
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C.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
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D.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
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E.
Vincent Winter
Vincent Winter was a Scottish child actor who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, later working behind the scenes in film production.
- 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: Clifford May Triple: [May, hasNotableBearer, Clifford May]
Generated description
Clifford May is an American journalist and foreign policy analyst best known as the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clifford May Target entity description: Clifford May is an American journalist and foreign policy analyst best known as the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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A.
Raymond Gardner
Raymond Gardner was the brother of famed American actress Ava Gardner, a member of the Gardner family from rural North Carolina.
-
B.
Laurence Gardner
Laurence Gardner was a British author and lecturer known for his controversial books on alternative history, secret societies, and speculative theories about royal bloodlines and religious history.
-
C.
J. Peter Robinson
J. Peter Robinson is a British composer, arranger, and keyboardist known for his film and television scores as well as his work in rock and jazz fusion.
-
D.
Paul Le Mat
Paul Le Mat is an American actor best known for his breakout role as the hot-rodder John Milner in the coming-of-age film "American Graffiti."
-
E.
Vincent Winter
Vincent Winter was a Scottish child actor who gained prominence in the 1950s and 1960s, later working behind the scenes in film production.
- 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_69ad85d274cc8190ab59c97298a1cfbf |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbf729000819086e4fdba9e73e198 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:26 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bd7fa3881909fee11cc6f4af7ea |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b38c9259f881908068961f4eaf11a0 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:03 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b38d04eb388190af64f990bac8d140 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4:05 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:20 p.m.