Triple

T52245
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 E1025 entity
Predicate coSponsor P3260 FINISHED
Object William Flynt Nichols E33875 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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 Flynt Nichols | Statement: [Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, coSponsor, William Flynt Nichols]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Flynt Nichols
Context triple: [Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, coSponsor, William Flynt Nichols]
  • A. William Flynt Nichols chosen
    William Flynt Nichols was a U.S. Congressman from Alabama who co-sponsored the landmark Goldwater–Nichols Act that restructured the Department of Defense and modernized American military command.
  • B. James L. Flanagan
    James L. Flanagan was a pioneering American electrical engineer and speech scientist known for his influential contributions to digital signal processing and speech communication.
  • C. John V. L. Hogan
    John V. L. Hogan was an American radio engineer and pioneer in early radio technology and broadcasting.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Robert Newman
    Robert Newman was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the influential technology and research firm Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN).
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: coSponsor
Context triple: [Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, coSponsor, William Flynt Nichols]
  • A. sponsors
    Indicates that one entity provides financial or material support to another, often in exchange for association, promotion, or fulfillment of certain activities or goals.
  • B. sponsoringInstitution
    Indicates that an institution provides financial or organizational support to enable or underwrite an activity, project, event, or entity.
  • C. monetaryValueSponsor
    Indicates that a sponsor provides or assigns a specific monetary value (amount of funding) to another entity or activity.
  • D. sportsSponsored
    Indicates that one entity provides financial or material sponsorship to support another entity’s sports-related activities or events.
  • E. sponsorSport
    Indicates that one entity financially or materially supports a sport or sporting activity, typically in exchange for promotion or association.
  • 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24c709c248190bcd442c8d508e48c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3860dc1448190a24e479d983d9fc6 completed March 1, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24ac3c8dc819099849023bdaa35a9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a24c6ff0588190b0fd864da9aa8569 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.