Triple
T7581024
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Houseman |
E179484
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRole |
P22
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. is the demanding, intellectually intimidating Harvard Law School contracts professor from "The Paper Chase," famously portrayed by John Houseman.
|
E675145
|
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: Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. | Statement: [John Houseman, notableRole, Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. Context triple: [John Houseman, notableRole, Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.]
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A.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
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B.
Dean C. Worcester
Dean C. Worcester was an American zoologist, ethnologist, and U.S. colonial official in the Philippines known for his influential and controversial role in shaping American policy and public perceptions of Filipinos during the early 20th century.
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C.
Kenneth L. Bowles
Kenneth L. Bowles was an American computer scientist and educator best known for his pioneering work in software systems and programming environments at the University of California, San Diego.
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D.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
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E.
John M. Fabian
John M. Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew as a mission specialist on early Space Shuttle flights in the 1980s.
- 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: Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. Triple: [John Houseman, notableRole, Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.]
Generated description
Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. is the demanding, intellectually intimidating Harvard Law School contracts professor from "The Paper Chase," famously portrayed by John Houseman.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. Target entity description: Professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. is the demanding, intellectually intimidating Harvard Law School contracts professor from "The Paper Chase," famously portrayed by John Houseman.
-
A.
Robert B. Stearns
Robert B. Stearns was an American financier best known as a co-founder of the Wall Street investment bank Bear Stearns.
-
B.
Dean C. Worcester
Dean C. Worcester was an American zoologist, ethnologist, and U.S. colonial official in the Philippines known for his influential and controversial role in shaping American policy and public perceptions of Filipinos during the early 20th century.
-
C.
Kenneth L. Bowles
Kenneth L. Bowles was an American computer scientist and educator best known for his pioneering work in software systems and programming environments at the University of California, San Diego.
-
D.
James L. Massey
James L. Massey was an American information theorist and cryptographer known for his fundamental contributions to coding theory, stream ciphers, and the development of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm.
-
E.
John M. Fabian
John M. Fabian is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer who flew as a mission specialist on early Space Shuttle flights in the 1980s.
- 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_69c69f327db881909a21ae3b156f8ded |
completed | March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6f97717048190b0ca1a74ed8a817e |
completed | March 27, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c861735c7c81908e2c9fcbb1005ec3 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:17 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c862677e008190928ac5b4a47906fc |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c8630fe8608190afc7b67d9a80240b |
completed | March 28, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:52 p.m.