Triple

T7601101
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Propædia E179984 entity
Predicate editor P1954 FINISHED
Object William Gorman
William Gorman is an editor known for his work on the Propædia, the outline and guide volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
E820793 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 Gorman | Statement: [Propædia, editor, William Gorman]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gorman
Context triple: [Propædia, editor, William Gorman]
  • A. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • B. Joseph P. Kerwin
    Joseph P. Kerwin is an American physician and former NASA astronaut who became the first medical doctor in space as a crew member aboard the Skylab space station.
  • C. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • D. James G. O'Hara
    James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • 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 Gorman
Triple: [Propædia, editor, William Gorman]
Generated description
William Gorman is an editor known for his work on the Propædia, the outline and guide volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Gorman
Target entity description: William Gorman is an editor known for his work on the Propædia, the outline and guide volume of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
  • A. Samuel J. Gorlitz
    Samuel J. Gorlitz is an American real estate entrepreneur best known as the founder of Federal Realty Investment Trust, a major publicly traded real estate investment trust specializing in retail and mixed-use properties.
  • B. Joseph P. Kerwin
    Joseph P. Kerwin is an American physician and former NASA astronaut who became the first medical doctor in space as a crew member aboard the Skylab space station.
  • C. Patrick H. McCarren
    Patrick H. McCarren was a prominent early 20th-century Brooklyn politician and New York State senator known for his influence in local Democratic Party politics.
  • D. James G. O'Hara
    James G. O'Hara was an American Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan in the mid-20th century.
  • E. Charles F. Roos
    Charles F. Roos was an American economist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in econometrics and contributions to the formalization of economic theory.
  • 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_69c69f3567008190ab01d2ca7b53584a completed March 27, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6f9d9c55c8190841f3bf3225c096a completed March 27, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1c3ed827c8190899cb2ae9561765e completed April 5, 2026, 2:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1c49053d08190b2bb5dc917785b6e completed April 5, 2026, 2:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1c55139b88190bdebdb989ecc6a9d completed April 5, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.