Triple
T4853247
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Emmett Reid Dunn |
E108466
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ernest E. Williams
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
|
E485496
|
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: Ernest E. Williams | Statement: [Emmett Reid Dunn, notableStudent, Ernest E. Williams]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest E. Williams Context triple: [Emmett Reid Dunn, notableStudent, Ernest E. Williams]
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A.
Leonard Henderson
Leonard Henderson was an influential North Carolina jurist and public figure after whom the city of Hendersonville was named.
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B.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
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C.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
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D.
Eddie C. Thomas
Eddie C. Thomas is the claimant whose religious-objection unemployment benefits dispute reached the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division.
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E.
C. T. Wilkins
C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
- 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: Ernest E. Williams Triple: [Emmett Reid Dunn, notableStudent, Ernest E. Williams]
Generated description
Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ernest E. Williams Target entity description: Ernest E. Williams was a zoologist and herpetologist known for his influential research on reptiles and amphibians, particularly lizards, and for his long tenure at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology.
-
A.
Leonard Henderson
Leonard Henderson was an influential North Carolina jurist and public figure after whom the city of Hendersonville was named.
-
B.
Elmer Blaney Harris
Elmer Blaney Harris was an American playwright and author best known for writing the stage play "Johnny Belinda," which was later adapted into the acclaimed 1948 film.
-
C.
William T. Williams
William T. Williams is an American abstract painter and influential figure in Black contemporary art who helped establish the Studio Museum in Harlem as a major institution for artists of African descent.
-
D.
Eddie C. Thomas
Eddie C. Thomas is the claimant whose religious-objection unemployment benefits dispute reached the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division.
-
E.
C. T. Wilkins
C. T. Wilkins was an aircraft designer best known for his role in creating the British World War II de Havilland Mosquito multirole combat aircraft.
- 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_69bd440a89548190a5f14ba6da6b97dc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6d3b00fc81909bdb95eb9648c907 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:52 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be89d9e6688190b8a8ad3137148e50 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be8a9c72848190978797a33d0d83c8 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be8b3718288190b2fc319fdad0a7c0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 12:12 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:26 p.m.