Triple

T4153205
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Speer E89955 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Clarence A. Speer
Clarence A. Speer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Speer, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
E419830 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: Clarence A. Speer | Statement: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, Clarence A. Speer]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence A. Speer
Context triple: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, Clarence A. Speer]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • 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. Alexander Somervell
    Alexander Somervell was a 19th-century Texas political and military figure after whom Somervell County, Texas, is named.
  • 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: Clarence A. Speer
Triple: [Speer, hasNotableBearer, Clarence A. Speer]
Generated description
Clarence A. Speer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Speer, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clarence A. Speer
Target entity description: Clarence A. Speer is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Speer, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • A. James P. Speer chosen
    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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Ralph E. Winters
    Ralph E. Winters was an Academy Award–winning Canadian-American film editor known for his work on numerous major Hollywood films throughout the mid-20th century.
  • 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. Alexander Somervell
    Alexander Somervell was a 19th-century Texas political and military figure after whom Somervell County, Texas, is named.
  • F. None of above.

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_69b5a843dbb48190917db61981942bd5 completed March 14, 2026, 6:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5ac599fc48190b9f83ba48e4ba42b completed March 14, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5acc576308190a5e34b580db46944 completed March 14, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:44 p.m.