Triple

T4136100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William C. Gorgas E85158 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Gorgas
Gorgas is a surname most notably associated with William C. Gorgas, the U.S. Army physician renowned for his work in controlling yellow fever and malaria during the construction of the Panama Canal.
 E414418 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: Gorgas | Statement: [William C. Gorgas, familyName, Gorgas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gorgas
Context triple: [William C. Gorgas, familyName, Gorgas]
  • A. Devers
    Devers is a surname most notably associated with U.S. Army General Jacob L. Devers, a senior commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. Frederick Funston
    Frederick Funston was a U.S. Army general best known for his daring capture of Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine–American War.
  • C. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • D. Irving Pichel
    Irving Pichel was an American actor and film director active in Hollywood’s early sound era, known for both his character roles and his work behind the camera on genre films.
  • E. Frank Merrill
    Frank Merrill was a U.S. Army general best known for leading the famed long-range jungle commando unit "Merrill's Marauders" in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.
  • 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: Gorgas
Triple: [William C. Gorgas, familyName, Gorgas]
Generated description
Gorgas is a surname most notably associated with William C. Gorgas, the U.S. Army physician renowned for his work in controlling yellow fever and malaria during the construction of the Panama Canal.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gorgas
Target entity description: Gorgas is a surname most notably associated with William C. Gorgas, the U.S. Army physician renowned for his work in controlling yellow fever and malaria during the construction of the Panama Canal.
  • A. Devers
    Devers is a surname most notably associated with U.S. Army General Jacob L. Devers, a senior commander in the European Theater during World War II.
  • B. Frederick Funston
    Frederick Funston was a U.S. Army general best known for his daring capture of Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine–American War.
  • C. Patrick Wheeler
    Patrick Wheeler is a central character in the 2013 American drama film "Ain't Them Bodies Saints," which explores love, crime, and sacrifice in rural Texas.
  • D. Irving Pichel
    Irving Pichel was an American actor and film director active in Hollywood’s early sound era, known for both his character roles and his work behind the camera on genre films.
  • E. Frank Merrill
    Frank Merrill was a U.S. Army general best known for leading the famed long-range jungle commando unit "Merrill's Marauders" in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b57799f22481908cfda7e620a77187 completed March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b578003dd48190b9264fd834cffbdf completed March 14, 2026, 3 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.