Triple

T4038099
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject E. B. Fred E83875 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object Edwin Broun
Edwin Broun Fred was an American bacteriologist and academic who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the mid-20th century.
E444147 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: Edwin Broun | Statement: [E. B. Fred, givenName, Edwin Broun]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Broun
Context triple: [E. B. Fred, givenName, Edwin Broun]
  • A. Edgar Ross
    Edgar Ross is a high-ranking U.S. government agent and primary antagonist in the video game Red Dead Redemption, known for manipulating and ultimately betraying protagonist John Marston.
  • B. Eugene Tennant
    Eugene Tennant is the father of British actress Victoria Tennant.
  • C. Maurice Cowling
    Maurice Cowling was a British historian and conservative political thinker known for his influential work on modern British political history and his association with the Peterhouse school at the University of Cambridge.
  • D. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • E. Lloyd Bryce
    Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
  • 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: Edwin Broun
Triple: [E. B. Fred, givenName, Edwin Broun]
Generated description
Edwin Broun Fred was an American bacteriologist and academic who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edwin Broun
Target entity description: Edwin Broun Fred was an American bacteriologist and academic who served as president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the mid-20th century.
  • A. Edgar Ross
    Edgar Ross is a high-ranking U.S. government agent and primary antagonist in the video game Red Dead Redemption, known for manipulating and ultimately betraying protagonist John Marston.
  • B. Eugene Tennant
    Eugene Tennant is the father of British actress Victoria Tennant.
  • C. Maurice Cowling
    Maurice Cowling was a British historian and conservative political thinker known for his influential work on modern British political history and his association with the Peterhouse school at the University of Cambridge.
  • D. Percy Kilbride
    Percy Kilbride was an American character actor best known for playing the amiable, slow-talking Pa Kettle in a popular series of mid-20th-century comedy films.
  • E. Lloyd Bryce
    Lloyd Bryce was an American editor, politician, and diplomat best known for his influential leadership of the North American Review in the late 19th century.
  • 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_69aed92f7cf0819098e0539bdcc3767f completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69aefb3656f08190aa5286d951013646 completed March 9, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b6508f4afc819085389657b7bb4efb completed March 15, 2026, 6:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b6519e30fc819098de2671c3aa89b9 completed March 15, 2026, 6:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b6521feae08190a029acdece360863 completed March 15, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:37 p.m.