Triple
T400036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William C. Durant |
E9259
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Durant
Durant is a surname most famously associated with William C. Durant, the pioneering American automobile magnate who co-founded General Motors.
|
E50984
|
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: Durant | Statement: [William C. Durant, familyName, Durant]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Durant Context triple: [William C. Durant, familyName, Durant]
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A.
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball star widely regarded as one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, with multiple championships and MVP awards.
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B.
James Harden
James Harden is an American professional basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and playmakers, winning an MVP award and multiple All-Star selections over his career.
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C.
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving is an American professional basketball player and NBA champion known for his elite ball-handling, clutch scoring, and All-Star career with multiple teams.
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D.
Bryant
Bryant is the middle name of James B. Conant, the influential American chemist, educator, and president of Harvard University.
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E.
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player and prolific scorer who became one of the NBA’s premier forwards in the 2000s and 2010s.
- 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: Durant Triple: [William C. Durant, familyName, Durant]
Generated description
Durant is a surname most famously associated with William C. Durant, the pioneering American automobile magnate who co-founded General Motors.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Durant Target entity description: Durant is a surname most famously associated with William C. Durant, the pioneering American automobile magnate who co-founded General Motors.
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A.
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball star widely regarded as one of the greatest scorers in NBA history, with multiple championships and MVP awards.
-
B.
James Harden
James Harden is an American professional basketball player renowned as one of the NBA’s most prolific scorers and playmakers, winning an MVP award and multiple All-Star selections over his career.
-
C.
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving is an American professional basketball player and NBA champion known for his elite ball-handling, clutch scoring, and All-Star career with multiple teams.
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D.
Bryant
Bryant is the middle name of James B. Conant, the influential American chemist, educator, and president of Harvard University.
-
E.
Carmelo Anthony
Carmelo Anthony is an American professional basketball player and prolific scorer who became one of the NBA’s premier forwards in the 2000s and 2010s.
- 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_69a2e8004cb88190b92ed1add6abf41a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ec8e655c819081eff85c0ef55fa5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a4103f9f588190aabdf7f5d6422d09 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a410e5ba148190a7fe0ee9861fb334 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a41180ead48190a5edd2e66da413ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:14 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.