Triple
T745725
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | College Station, Texas |
E15336
|
entity |
| Predicate | mayor |
P185
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Nichols
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
|
E95806
|
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: John Nichols | Statement: [College Station, Texas, mayor, John Nichols]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Nichols Context triple: [College Station, Texas, mayor, John Nichols]
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A.
Greg Kouri
Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
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B.
Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
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C.
James J. Kilpatrick
James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
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D.
David Key
David Key was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. Hayes and later as a federal judge.
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E.
David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
- 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: John Nichols Triple: [College Station, Texas, mayor, John Nichols]
Generated description
John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Nichols Target entity description: John Nichols is an American local politician serving as the mayor of College Station, Texas.
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A.
Greg Kouri
Greg Kouri was a Canadian entrepreneur and early investor best known for co-founding Zip2 alongside Elon and Kimbal Musk.
-
B.
Tom Engelhardt
Tom Engelhardt is an American editor, essayist, and critic best known for founding and running the political commentary site TomDispatch, where he writes extensively on U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and empire.
-
C.
James J. Kilpatrick
James J. Kilpatrick was an American newspaper columnist and conservative political commentator best known for his syndicated columns and frequent appearances on television debate programs in the mid-20th century.
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D.
David Key
David Key was a 19th-century American politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Rutherford B. Hayes and later as a federal judge.
-
E.
David Kirkpatrick
David Kirkpatrick is an American technology journalist and author best known for his book "The Facebook Effect," which chronicles the rise and impact of Facebook.
- 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_69a49358aa308190adbc9b5a0a2adcf9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a61217b881908592096b1edacb8a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a76d767e5c8190918d55df7528f465 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7727d46f08190a634f4fecb00b33c |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a774080e24819085b7cdd8e80c74b6 |
completed | March 3, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.