Triple

T431693
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Herbert A. Simon E9726 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object James G. March
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
 E107321 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: James G. March | Statement: [Herbert A. Simon, coAuthor, James G. March]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James G. March
Context triple: [Herbert A. Simon, coAuthor, James G. March]
  • A. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. John D. Dunning
    John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
  • D. James Q. Wilson
    James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.
  • E. Robert G. Heft
    Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
  • 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: James G. March
Triple: [Herbert A. Simon, coAuthor, James G. March]
Generated description
James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: James G. March
Target entity description: James G. March was an influential organizational theorist and political scientist known for his work on decision-making, organizational behavior, and the "garbage can" model of organizational choice.
  • A. Thomas J. Biersteker
    Thomas J. Biersteker is an American political scientist and international relations scholar known for his work on global governance, sanctions, and international security.
  • B. Alan M. Garber
    Alan M. Garber is an American physician-economist and academic leader known for his work in health policy and for serving in top administrative roles at Harvard University.
  • C. John D. Dunning
    John D. Dunning was an American film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including collaborations with major studios during the mid-20th century.
  • D. James Q. Wilson
    James Q. Wilson was a prominent American political scientist best known for his work on crime, policing, and public policy, including the influential "broken windows" theory.
  • E. Robert G. Heft
    Robert G. Heft was an American designer best known for creating the 50-star version of the United States flag while still a high school student.
  • 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_69a2e801e1d48190b505d1dd336b52ac completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2eef07e748190b05392778f3de980 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7c705090c81909590d7fe2ff37fef completed March 4, 2026, 5:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7c896d1c481909493a1bc4e6266e3 completed March 4, 2026, 5:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7c918ebbc81908ad58bb8045543e6 completed March 4, 2026, 5:54 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.