Triple
T5407758
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh Wheeler |
E120934
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Wheeler was a British-born American librettist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his work on Stephen Sondheim’s musicals such as "A Little Night Music" and "Sweeney Todd."
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E520955
|
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: Hugh Wheeler | Statement: [Hugh Wheeler, name, Hugh Wheeler]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Wheeler Context triple: [Hugh Wheeler, name, Hugh Wheeler]
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A.
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Wheeler was a British Army officer best known for his controversial leadership and death during the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.
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B.
Hugh McDowell
Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
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C.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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D.
Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
- 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: Hugh Wheeler Triple: [Hugh Wheeler, name, Hugh Wheeler]
Generated description
Hugh Wheeler was a British-born American librettist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his work on Stephen Sondheim’s musicals such as "A Little Night Music" and "Sweeney Todd."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh Wheeler Target entity description: Hugh Wheeler was a British-born American librettist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for his work on Stephen Sondheim’s musicals such as "A Little Night Music" and "Sweeney Todd."
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A.
Hugh Wheeler
Hugh Wheeler was a British Army officer best known for his controversial leadership and death during the 1857 Indian Rebellion at Cawnpore.
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B.
Hugh McDowell
Hugh McDowell was an English cellist best known for his dynamic performances and recordings with the rock band Electric Light Orchestra during the 1970s.
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C.
Richard Dobbs Spaight
Richard Dobbs Spaight was an American Founding Father from North Carolina who signed the U.S. Constitution and later served as the state's governor and a member of Congress.
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D.
Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford was a British colonial administrator and writer who served as governor in several territories of the British Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Charles P. Cabell
Charles P. Cabell was a U.S. Air Force general who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the early Cold War era.
- 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_69bd46391c0c81909fa484446732b6a3 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd8793ab3c81909992b257d462a554 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf411f8f3c81908ca8578a388261c6 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf42ef2484819088905be590e0399a |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf43732118819099eee5dcae3715dc |
completed | March 22, 2026, 1:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:05 p.m.