Triple

T5545052
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nixon v. Fitzgerald E145385 entity
Predicate respondent P2238 FINISHED
Object A. Ernest Fitzgerald
A. Ernest Fitzgerald was a U.S. Air Force cost analyst and prominent whistleblower who exposed massive cost overruns in military spending, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case on presidential immunity.
E529750 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: A. Ernest Fitzgerald | Statement: [Nixon v. Fitzgerald, respondent, A. Ernest Fitzgerald]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Context triple: [Nixon v. Fitzgerald, respondent, A. Ernest Fitzgerald]
  • A. Ernest Aldrich Simpson
    Ernest Aldrich Simpson was a British-American shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, whose relationship with King Edward VIII led to the 1936 abdication crisis.
  • B. Frank Armstrong Crawford
    Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
  • C. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • D. Edward George Brinkman
    Edward George Brinkman was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, best known for his defensive prowess during the 1960s and early 1970s, primarily with the Washington Senators.
  • E. Frank Maxwell Andrews
    Frank Maxwell Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general and early advocate of strategic air power who became one of the highest-ranking American air commanders during World War II.
  • 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: A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Triple: [Nixon v. Fitzgerald, respondent, A. Ernest Fitzgerald]
Generated description
A. Ernest Fitzgerald was a U.S. Air Force cost analyst and prominent whistleblower who exposed massive cost overruns in military spending, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case on presidential immunity.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. Ernest Fitzgerald
Target entity description: A. Ernest Fitzgerald was a U.S. Air Force cost analyst and prominent whistleblower who exposed massive cost overruns in military spending, leading to a landmark Supreme Court case on presidential immunity.
  • A. Ernest Aldrich Simpson
    Ernest Aldrich Simpson was a British-American shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, whose relationship with King Edward VIII led to the 1936 abdication crisis.
  • B. Frank Armstrong Crawford
    Frank Armstrong Crawford was a 19th-century American philanthropist best known as the second wife of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt and a major benefactor of Vanderbilt University.
  • C. Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence was a Scottish-born character actor of the silent and early sound film era, known for his imposing presence and memorable supporting roles in Hollywood productions.
  • D. Edward George Brinkman
    Edward George Brinkman was an American Major League Baseball shortstop, best known for his defensive prowess during the 1960s and early 1970s, primarily with the Washington Senators.
  • E. Frank Maxwell Andrews
    Frank Maxwell Andrews was a pioneering U.S. Army Air Corps general and early advocate of strategic air power who became one of the highest-ranking American air commanders during World War II.
  • 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_69c008fb879c81909f5bfa56fadc1d46 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c01fcc75448190a4c47ded65591345 completed March 22, 2026, 4:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c02826d84c8190a745e891ac2cccb8 completed March 22, 2026, 5:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c03847b3348190be97b7c5795df368 completed March 22, 2026, 6:43 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c038e148a0819080a306307e60d437 completed March 22, 2026, 6:45 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:35 p.m.