Triple

T4244382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bear Flag Revolt E95492 entity
Predicate leader P981 FINISHED
Object William B. Ide
William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
 E447998 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 B. Ide | Statement: [Bear Flag Revolt, leader, William B. Ide]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Ide
Context triple: [Bear Flag Revolt, leader, William B. Ide]
  • A. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • B. Arthur S. Carpender
    Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
  • C. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • D. James T. Grady
    James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
  • E. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th 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: William B. Ide
Triple: [Bear Flag Revolt, leader, William B. Ide]
Generated description
William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William B. Ide
Target entity description: William B. Ide was an American pioneer and politician best known for serving as the short-lived president of the California Republic during the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt.
  • A. William C. Thompson
    William C. Thompson was an American cinematographer best known for his work on low-budget genre films, including several directed by Ed Wood.
  • B. Arthur S. Carpender
    Arthur S. Carpender was a United States Navy admiral and World War II destroyer commander known for his leadership in the Pacific theater.
  • C. Samuel L. M. Barlow
    Samuel L. M. Barlow is a notable individual who shares the surname Barlow and is recognized as a distinguished bearer of that name.
  • D. James T. Grady
    James T. Grady was a prominent science journalist and communicator known for his influential work in making chemistry and scientific topics accessible to the general public.
  • E. William C. Foster
    William C. Foster was an American government official and diplomat best known for his leadership roles in U.S. foreign aid and arms control policy during the mid-20th 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_69b3453d91548190b4d4ef8fe52aa2ac completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b34e8c42e88190b309a1ef7f6529ac completed March 12, 2026, 11:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bd6f783430819094df0bc715f9236d completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bd71aecafc8190b0815d0308bbcaa9 completed March 20, 2026, 4:11 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bd75f39d788190b9e394050c55f44d completed March 20, 2026, 4:29 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:05 p.m.