Triple
T8385053
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boston Irish mob |
E197794
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableMember |
P304
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Howie Winter
Howie Winter was a prominent Boston Irish-American mobster best known for leading the Winter Hill Gang before Whitey Bulger’s rise to power.
|
E730006
|
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: Howie Winter | Statement: [Boston Irish mob, hasNotableMember, Howie Winter]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Winter Context triple: [Boston Irish mob, hasNotableMember, Howie Winter]
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A.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
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B.
Howie Richmond
Howie Richmond was an influential American music publisher and industry executive who co-founded the Songwriters Hall of Fame and helped shape modern music publishing.
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C.
Howie Watkins
Howie Watkins is a British television presenter and naturalist best known for hosting the children's wildlife programme "The Really Wild Show."
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D.
Jesse Wente
Jesse Wente is a Canadian Indigenous arts leader, broadcaster, and advocate known for championing Indigenous representation and sovereignty in film, media, and cultural institutions.
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E.
Matt Wolpert
Matt Wolpert is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the alternate-history space drama series "For All Mankind."
- 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: Howie Winter Triple: [Boston Irish mob, hasNotableMember, Howie Winter]
Generated description
Howie Winter was a prominent Boston Irish-American mobster best known for leading the Winter Hill Gang before Whitey Bulger’s rise to power.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howie Winter Target entity description: Howie Winter was a prominent Boston Irish-American mobster best known for leading the Winter Hill Gang before Whitey Bulger’s rise to power.
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A.
Ken Howery
Ken Howery is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and co-founder of PayPal who later served as a partner at Founders Fund and as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden.
-
B.
Howie Richmond
Howie Richmond was an influential American music publisher and industry executive who co-founded the Songwriters Hall of Fame and helped shape modern music publishing.
-
C.
Howie Watkins
Howie Watkins is a British television presenter and naturalist best known for hosting the children's wildlife programme "The Really Wild Show."
-
D.
Jesse Wente
Jesse Wente is a Canadian Indigenous arts leader, broadcaster, and advocate known for championing Indigenous representation and sovereignty in film, media, and cultural institutions.
-
E.
Matt Wolpert
Matt Wolpert is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the alternate-history space drama series "For All Mankind."
- 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_69ca82f749388190bffbea6dfb509016 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb80e03eb08190a458c9caa0524e0f |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde8312be48190bd5896adc8bb4e95 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cdebfafe84819097f387318897dae1 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cded2a9c2c8190bdbeddad562ef9e8 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:14 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.