Triple
T543395
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William R. Shafter |
E12680
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Shafter
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
|
E114096
|
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: Shafter | Statement: [William R. Shafter, familyName, Shafter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shafter Context triple: [William R. Shafter, familyName, Shafter]
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A.
Barstow
Barstow is a small city in Southern California known as a major transportation hub and gateway between Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and the Mojave Desert.
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B.
Glendale
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its diverse communities, shopping districts like the Americana at Brand, and proximity to both urban Los Angeles and the Verdugo Mountains.
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C.
San Bernardino
San Bernardino is a major inland city in Southern California known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to the Inland Empire.
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D.
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a large city in California known for its role as an agricultural and oil-production hub and as the birthplace of the Bakersfield sound in country music.
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E.
Riverside
Riverside is a major inland city in Southern California known as the birthplace of the California citrus industry and a key center of the Inland Empire region.
- 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: Shafter Triple: [William R. Shafter, familyName, Shafter]
Generated description
Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shafter Target entity description: Shafter is a surname most notably associated with William R. Shafter, a U.S. Army general who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish–American War.
-
A.
Barstow
Barstow is a small city in Southern California known as a major transportation hub and gateway between Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and the Mojave Desert.
-
B.
Glendale
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, known for its diverse communities, shopping districts like the Americana at Brand, and proximity to both urban Los Angeles and the Verdugo Mountains.
-
C.
San Bernardino
San Bernardino is a major inland city in Southern California known as a regional transportation hub and gateway to the Inland Empire.
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D.
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a large city in California known for its role as an agricultural and oil-production hub and as the birthplace of the Bakersfield sound in country music.
-
E.
Riverside
Riverside is a major inland city in Southern California known as the birthplace of the California citrus industry and a key center of the Inland Empire region.
- 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_69a49334226c81908b0ea1689ef6aa3f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4986250508190ac91cfdf7d57073d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac16eebaa48190acb66cb50c02ed7f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:15 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac1787a9ac81908f032cd893d3efe8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac1807aa388190ad2910966c9d1b04 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 12:20 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:32 p.m.