Triple

T4906432
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Capa E109922 entity
Predicate coFounderWith P2835 FINISHED
Object William Vandivert
William Vandivert was an American photojournalist best known as one of the founding members of the Magnum Photos cooperative.
 E480200 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 Vandivert | Statement: [Robert Capa, coFounderWith, William Vandivert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Vandivert
Context triple: [Robert Capa, coFounderWith, William Vandivert]
  • A. Frederick Henry Litchfield
    Frederick Henry Litchfield was a 19th-century Australian explorer and pastoralist known for his expeditions in the Northern Territory, for which Litchfield National Park is named in his honor.
  • B. William De Witt
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • C. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • D. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • E. Benjamin Webster
    Benjamin Webster was a prominent 19th-century English actor-manager and theatre proprietor known for his influential role in London's West End stage.
  • 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 Vandivert
Triple: [Robert Capa, coFounderWith, William Vandivert]
Generated description
William Vandivert was an American photojournalist best known as one of the founding members of the Magnum Photos cooperative.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Vandivert
Target entity description: William Vandivert was an American photojournalist best known as one of the founding members of the Magnum Photos cooperative.
  • A. Frederick Henry Litchfield
    Frederick Henry Litchfield was a 19th-century Australian explorer and pastoralist known for his expeditions in the Northern Territory, for which Litchfield National Park is named in his honor.
  • B. William De Witt
    William De Witt is a personal name borne by various individuals, most commonly associated with people of Dutch or American heritage.
  • C. William Platt
    William Platt was a British Army general best known for leading successful operations against Italian forces in East Africa during the Second World War.
  • D. Nathaniel Motte
    Nathaniel Motte is an American musician, producer, and member of the electronic music duo 3OH!3.
  • E. Benjamin Webster
    Benjamin Webster was a prominent 19th-century English actor-manager and theatre proprietor known for his influential role in London's West End stage.
  • 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_69bd441180708190ba42ffb44fea533a completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e72ed5c819081104c99a398e0af completed March 20, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be779ed15481908366b5e22c9960e6 completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be781aa8648190a58587e6f3e04e11 completed March 21, 2026, 10:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be78a0bdc88190bd8458658f15f879 completed March 21, 2026, 10:53 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:29 p.m.