Triple

T4153204
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Speer E89955 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Speer
William Speer is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to derive from sharing the surname Speer, rather than from widely recognized historical or cultural achievements.
E433997 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: William Speer | Statement: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, William Speer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Speer
Context triple: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, William Speer]
  • A. Robert M. Speer
    Robert M. Speer was an American public official who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) and later as acting Secretary of the Army.
  • B. James P. Speer
    James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
  • C. Fritz J. Russ
    Fritz J. Russ was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur whose contributions to engineering led to the establishment of a major international engineering prize in his and his wife's honor.
  • D. Henry B. Schacht
    Henry B. Schacht is an American business executive best known for serving as the founding CEO of Lucent Technologies and for his long leadership tenure at Cummins Inc.
  • E. Arthur J. Altmeyer
    Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
  • 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: William Speer
Triple: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, William Speer]
Generated description
William Speer is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to derive from sharing the surname Speer, rather than from widely recognized historical or cultural achievements.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Speer
Target entity description: William Speer is a relatively obscure individual whose primary notability appears to derive from sharing the surname Speer, rather than from widely recognized historical or cultural achievements.
  • A. Robert M. Speer
    Robert M. Speer was an American public official who served as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) and later as acting Secretary of the Army.
  • B. James P. Speer
    James P. Speer is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Speer, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not clearly established in common reference sources.
  • C. Fritz J. Russ
    Fritz J. Russ was an American engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur whose contributions to engineering led to the establishment of a major international engineering prize in his and his wife's honor.
  • D. Henry B. Schacht
    Henry B. Schacht is an American business executive best known for serving as the founding CEO of Lucent Technologies and for his long leadership tenure at Cummins Inc.
  • E. Arthur J. Altmeyer
    Arthur J. Altmeyer was a key architect of the U.S. Social Security system and a prominent public administrator in the development of American social welfare policy.
  • 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_69aed95a59a881909b26e70b42c6811a completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af0277a910819085cde5df9a8110d8 completed March 9, 2026, 5:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5db77e7d88190a7ba250972e133fa completed March 14, 2026, 10:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5dc3d81a08190b29b633009fab4ff completed March 14, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e04f356c81909e3f6f2c865e0f99 completed March 14, 2026, 10:25 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.