Triple
T704441
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Cancer Society |
E14068
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William C. Gorgas
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
|
E85158
|
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 C. Gorgas | Statement: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William C. Gorgas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Gorgas Context triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William C. Gorgas]
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A.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
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B.
Laurence K. Marshall
Laurence K. Marshall was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early leader of the defense and electronics company Raytheon.
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C.
U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry
U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry was the American physician and public health official who, as Surgeon General in the early 1960s, led the landmark federal effort that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and helped transform tobacco control policy in the United States.
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D.
Herbert L. Porter
Herbert L. Porter was a political operative who served as a key official in President Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and later became involved in the Watergate investigations.
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E.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
- 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 C. Gorgas Triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William C. Gorgas]
Generated description
William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William C. Gorgas Target entity description: William C. Gorgas was a prominent American physician and U.S. Army surgeon general best known for his pioneering work in controlling mosquito-borne diseases like yellow fever and malaria, which enabled large-scale projects such as the construction of the Panama Canal.
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A.
William H. Foege
William H. Foege is an American epidemiologist and former CDC director renowned for his pivotal role in developing the global strategy that led to the eradication of smallpox.
-
B.
Laurence K. Marshall
Laurence K. Marshall was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder and early leader of the defense and electronics company Raytheon.
-
C.
U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry
U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry was the American physician and public health official who, as Surgeon General in the early 1960s, led the landmark federal effort that publicly linked cigarette smoking to serious health risks and helped transform tobacco control policy in the United States.
-
D.
Herbert L. Porter
Herbert L. Porter was a political operative who served as a key official in President Richard Nixon’s 1972 re-election campaign and later became involved in the Watergate investigations.
-
E.
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
- 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_69a493494ec48190ae6751683625a9ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a533fa788190bba0f55655469c46 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dcae2ef88190a9ea1604429f048a |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5df14e1788190bb2f2cc87cadcb40 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 7:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5ff5dd4808190bb8ae25fbdca0075 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:21 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.