Triple

T6494456
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mullen E148120 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Mullen
William Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, sports, and academia.
E598389 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 Mullen | Statement: [Mullen, hasNotableBearer, William Mullen]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mullen
Context triple: [Mullen, hasNotableBearer, William Mullen]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Philip Merrill
    Philip Merrill was an American publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist known for his leadership of The Washingtonian magazine and his significant support of journalism and higher education.
  • C. James J. Rowley
    James J. Rowley was a longtime Director of the United States Secret Service, recognized for modernizing the agency and strengthening presidential protection.
  • D. Robert Bolling
    Robert Bolling was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and politician, known as an early member of the colonial Bolling family that became influential in Southern aristocratic society.
  • E. Andrew P. Butler
    Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
  • 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 Mullen
Triple: [Mullen, hasNotableBearer, William Mullen]
Generated description
William Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, sports, and academia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mullen
Target entity description: William Mullen is a personal name shared by multiple individuals, including figures in fields such as politics, sports, and academia.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Philip Merrill
    Philip Merrill was an American publisher, diplomat, and philanthropist known for his leadership of The Washingtonian magazine and his significant support of journalism and higher education.
  • C. James J. Rowley
    James J. Rowley was a longtime Director of the United States Secret Service, recognized for modernizing the agency and strengthening presidential protection.
  • D. Robert Bolling
    Robert Bolling was a prominent 17th-century Virginia planter and politician, known as an early member of the colonial Bolling family that became influential in Southern aristocratic society.
  • E. Andrew P. Butler
    Andrew P. Butler was a pro-slavery U.S. senator from South Carolina whose strong support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and slavery made him a central and controversial figure in the events leading up to the Bleeding Kansas crisis.
  • 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_69c009088f3081909cd467b05919de30 completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c06ab7c0b8819091437a293b40dfd2 completed March 22, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c674074df08190a32f7014b2df0120 completed March 27, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c6759179a0819083fffa405cad744b completed March 27, 2026, 12:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c675f50a288190bdc928a06ea089c0 completed March 27, 2026, 12:20 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:53 p.m.