Triple
T4136098
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William C. Gorgas |
E85158
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Crawford Gorgas |
E85158
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Crawford Gorgas | Statement: [William C. Gorgas, fullName, William Crawford Gorgas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Crawford Gorgas Context triple: [William C. Gorgas, fullName, William Crawford Gorgas]
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A.
William C. Gorgas
chosen
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
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B.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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C.
Edward Theodore Riley
Edward Theodore Riley is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as a pioneer of the new jack swing genre in R&B and hip-hop.
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D.
Frederic H. Spaulding
Frederic H. Spaulding was an American educator and civic leader best known for establishing the University of Tampa in Florida.
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E.
Joseph C. Wilson
Joseph C. Wilson was an American businessman best known as the pioneering leader who transformed Xerox into a major innovator in photocopying and office technology.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed935ccd881909dc61f81bcdb7a78 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af0233009881909333375d597b58b6 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576c75e5c8190acc4ee72cb574432 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.