Triple

T4585910
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Wolfe E101966 entity
Predicate parent P120 FINISHED
Object William Oliver Wolfe
William Oliver Wolfe was an American stonecutter and monument dealer in Asheville, North Carolina, best known as the father and partial inspiration for characters in the works of novelist Thomas Wolfe.
E455369 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 Oliver Wolfe | Statement: [Thomas Wolfe, parent, William Oliver Wolfe]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Oliver Wolfe
Context triple: [Thomas Wolfe, parent, William Oliver Wolfe]
  • A. Edward Wolfe
    Edward Wolfe was a British army officer of the early 18th century, best known as the father of General James Wolfe, the victor of the Battle of Quebec.
  • B. John Wolfe Barry
    John Wolfe Barry was a prominent British civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for designing major infrastructure projects in London and beyond.
  • C. John William Cummings
    John William Cummings, better known as Johnny Ramone, was the influential guitarist and founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
  • D. James Woolf
    James Woolf was a British film producer active in the mid-20th century, known for backing several notable British dramas and literary adaptations.
  • E. Henry Wolfe
    Henry Wolfe is an American musician and actor known for his work as a singer-songwriter and for being the son of acclaimed actress Meryl Streep.
  • 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 Oliver Wolfe
Triple: [Thomas Wolfe, parent, William Oliver Wolfe]
Generated description
William Oliver Wolfe was an American stonecutter and monument dealer in Asheville, North Carolina, best known as the father and partial inspiration for characters in the works of novelist Thomas Wolfe.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Oliver Wolfe
Target entity description: William Oliver Wolfe was an American stonecutter and monument dealer in Asheville, North Carolina, best known as the father and partial inspiration for characters in the works of novelist Thomas Wolfe.
  • A. Edward Wolfe
    Edward Wolfe was a British army officer of the early 18th century, best known as the father of General James Wolfe, the victor of the Battle of Quebec.
  • B. John Wolfe Barry
    John Wolfe Barry was a prominent British civil engineer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, noted for designing major infrastructure projects in London and beyond.
  • C. John William Cummings
    John William Cummings, better known as Johnny Ramone, was the influential guitarist and founding member of the pioneering punk rock band the Ramones.
  • D. James Woolf
    James Woolf was a British film producer active in the mid-20th century, known for backing several notable British dramas and literary adaptations.
  • E. Henry Wolfe
    Henry Wolfe is an American musician and actor known for his work as a singer-songwriter and for being the son of acclaimed actress Meryl Streep.
  • 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_69bd43d4ce208190b53158c882b222e3 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd5906a43c81908fb11bf8f94be122 completed March 20, 2026, 2:26 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bde0aa114881909fe446bf86c675e7 completed March 21, 2026, 12:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bde14843148190a0b5fa0ad1d805d9 completed March 21, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bde1b2efb48190a5ab83fa6c257df2 completed March 21, 2026, 12:09 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:10 p.m.