Triple

T78061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Browne & Williamson E1561 entity
Predicate notableEmployee P304 FINISHED
Object Jeffrey Wigand
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
E8260 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: Jeffrey Wigand | Statement: [Browne & Williamson, notableEmployee, Jeffrey Wigand]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Wigand
Context triple: [Browne & Williamson, notableEmployee, Jeffrey Wigand]
  • A. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • B. Edward S. Herman
    Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
  • C. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • D. John Perry Barlow
    John Perry Barlow was an American poet, essayist, and digital rights activist best known as a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • E. Joe Klecko
    Joe Klecko is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a dominant member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
  • 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: Jeffrey Wigand
Triple: [Browne & Williamson, notableEmployee, Jeffrey Wigand]
Generated description
Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Wigand
Target entity description: Jeffrey Wigand is an American former tobacco executive turned whistleblower who exposed health risks and corporate misconduct in the cigarette industry, most famously depicted in the film "The Insider."
  • A. Stephen E. Smith
    Stephen E. Smith was an American businessman and political strategist closely associated with the Kennedy family, notably serving as a key adviser and organizer in their political campaigns.
  • B. Edward S. Herman
    Edward S. Herman was an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy best known for co-developing the "propaganda model" of the media.
  • C. John Pilger
    John Pilger was an Australian journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker renowned for his investigative reporting and outspoken criticism of Western foreign policy and media.
  • D. John Perry Barlow
    John Perry Barlow was an American poet, essayist, and digital rights activist best known as a lyricist for the Grateful Dead and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • E. Joe Klecko
    Joe Klecko is a former American football defensive lineman best known as a dominant member of the New York Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange" and a Pro Football Hall of Famer.
  • 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_69a24c60d19c8190a1b6c105ca59ef5b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f30e5848190a8edcb37c356ce0a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a26241d4c08190885dab6aef75dcf3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a26319b2b0819080ae6aeec36bc6e3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a263a07dfc8190a9acf5118f2a68f1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:40 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.