Triple
T78993
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | American Civil Liberties Union |
E1584
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Norman Thomas
Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
|
E30188
|
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: Norman Thomas | Statement: [American Civil Liberties Union, foundedBy, Norman Thomas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Thomas Context triple: [American Civil Liberties Union, foundedBy, Norman Thomas]
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A.
Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson was an influential Arkansas Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader and was the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1928.
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B.
James Eastland
James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
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C.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
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D.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
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E.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
- 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: Norman Thomas Triple: [American Civil Liberties Union, foundedBy, Norman Thomas]
Generated description
Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Thomas Target entity description: Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
-
A.
Joseph T. Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson was an influential Arkansas Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senate Majority Leader and was the party’s vice-presidential nominee in 1928.
-
B.
James Eastland
James Eastland was a powerful mid-20th-century U.S. senator from Mississippi known for his staunch segregationist views and influential role within the Southern Democratic bloc.
-
C.
Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington was an American businessman and politician who became the first U.S. Secretary of the Air Force and later served as a long-time United States Senator from Missouri.
-
D.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner was a prominent U.S. senator from New York known for championing New Deal labor reforms and workers’ rights.
-
E.
Hartland Snyder
Hartland Snyder was an American theoretical physicist known for his early work on black hole physics and for being one of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s notable doctoral students.
- 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_69a24f335b5c8190bf2158d884890ac2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a36473a3d88190b20052b2c0d272a2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a365272a248190866d714fc51b5cba |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3658e27bc8190a97ede95a99bc187 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.