Triple
T4848770
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room |
E108358
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
DeWitt Wallace
DeWitt Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.
|
E473531
|
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: DeWitt Wallace | Statement: [DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room, namedAfter, DeWitt Wallace]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Wallace Context triple: [DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room, namedAfter, DeWitt Wallace]
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A.
Henry Gordon Bennett
Henry Gordon Bennett was an Australian Army lieutenant general best known for his controversial leadership during World War II, particularly in the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore.
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B.
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell was an American writer, critic, and prominent figure in early 20th-century literary radicalism and bohemian culture.
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C.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
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D.
H. G. Balcom
H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
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E.
Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
- 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: DeWitt Wallace Triple: [DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room, namedAfter, DeWitt Wallace]
Generated description
DeWitt Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeWitt Wallace Target entity description: DeWitt Wallace was an American magazine publisher and philanthropist best known as the co-founder of Reader’s Digest.
-
A.
Henry Gordon Bennett
Henry Gordon Bennett was an Australian Army lieutenant general best known for his controversial leadership during World War II, particularly in the Malayan campaign and the fall of Singapore.
-
B.
Floyd Dell
Floyd Dell was an American writer, critic, and prominent figure in early 20th-century literary radicalism and bohemian culture.
-
C.
George Merrill
George Merrill is an American songwriter best known for co-writing Whitney Houston’s hit songs “How Will I Know” and “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
-
D.
H. G. Balcom
H. G. Balcom was a structural engineer best known for his role in designing and overseeing the framework of major skyscrapers in the early 20th century, including the Empire State Building.
-
E.
Frederick H. Meyer
Frederick H. Meyer was an American architect active in the early 20th century, known for designing prominent public and commercial buildings in San Francisco.
- 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_69bd4409b264819085ab855f3eb5381a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d1c5594819094fe021d7717032d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be5cdafb3481908594ae883c6e9872 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be5d4f2f908190b305996875f1f956 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be5dcbb58c8190bbcf75c570720ad6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 8:58 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:25 p.m.