Triple
T704462
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Cancer Society |
E14068
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was a key figure in public health history, recognized as one of the founders of what became the American Cancer Society, a leading organization dedicated to cancer research, education, and patient support.
|
E191316
|
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 Lawrence | Statement: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William Lawrence]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lawrence Context triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William Lawrence]
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A.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
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B.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
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C.
Val Fitch
Val Fitch was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral K-mesons, a finding that profoundly influenced particle physics and cosmology.
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D.
Norman Pitkin
Norman Pitkin is the bumbling, well-meaning comic character famously portrayed by British comedian Norman Wisdom in a series of mid-20th-century films.
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E.
Leonard M. Isitt
Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending 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: William Lawrence Triple: [American Cancer Society, foundedBy, William Lawrence]
Generated description
William Lawrence was a key figure in public health history, recognized as one of the founders of what became the American Cancer Society, a leading organization dedicated to cancer research, education, and patient support.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Lawrence Target entity description: William Lawrence was a key figure in public health history, recognized as one of the founders of what became the American Cancer Society, a leading organization dedicated to cancer research, education, and patient support.
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A.
William Lawrence
William Lawrence was an American public official who served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Treasury, overseeing federal financial accounts and fiscal administration.
-
B.
Robert B. Leighton
Robert B. Leighton was an American experimental physicist and educator known for his contributions to cosmic-ray and infrared astronomy and for coauthoring the influential Feynman Lectures on Physics.
-
C.
Val Fitch
Val Fitch was an American nuclear physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his co-discovery of CP violation in the decay of neutral K-mesons, a finding that profoundly influenced particle physics and cosmology.
-
D.
Norman Pitkin
Norman Pitkin is the bumbling, well-meaning comic character famously portrayed by British comedian Norman Wisdom in a series of mid-20th-century films.
-
E.
Leonard M. Isitt
Leonard M. Isitt was a senior Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who represented New Zealand at the formal Japanese surrender ceremony ending 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_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_69ad7957d7048190b7fe9a79543931b2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad79ffb1f481908e91e87f131dd779 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad7b1a6c90819095b04638ff8a45d9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:35 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.