Triple

T8504022
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Gardner E201288 entity
Predicate coAuthorWith P398 FINISHED
Object William Damon
William Damon is an American psychologist and professor best known for his research on moral development and youth purpose, and for his work at Stanford University’s Center on Adolescence.
 E739242 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 Damon | Statement: [Howard Gardner, coAuthorWith, William Damon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Damon
Context triple: [Howard Gardner, coAuthorWith, William Damon]
  • A. William Perry
    William Perry, nicknamed "The Refrigerator," is a former NFL defensive tackle best known for his larger-than-life personality and key role on the dominant mid-1980s Chicago Bears.
  • B. William Perry
    William Perry is a former U.S. Secretary of Defense and mathematician known for his leadership in defense modernization and nuclear security policy during the Clinton administration.
  • C. Carl Lerner
    Carl Lerner was an American film editor best known for his work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the thriller "Klute."
  • D. Richard Levinson
    Richard Levinson was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the iconic detective series Columbo.
  • E. Robert Coles
    Robert Coles is an American child psychiatrist, author, and Harvard professor renowned for his influential studies of children’s moral and spiritual lives and for his extensive writings on social and ethical issues.
  • 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 Damon
Triple: [Howard Gardner, coAuthorWith, William Damon]
Generated description
William Damon is an American psychologist and professor best known for his research on moral development and youth purpose, and for his work at Stanford University’s Center on Adolescence.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Damon
Target entity description: William Damon is an American psychologist and professor best known for his research on moral development and youth purpose, and for his work at Stanford University’s Center on Adolescence.
  • A. William Perry
    William Perry, nicknamed "The Refrigerator," is a former NFL defensive tackle best known for his larger-than-life personality and key role on the dominant mid-1980s Chicago Bears.
  • B. William Perry
    William Perry is a former U.S. Secretary of Defense and mathematician known for his leadership in defense modernization and nuclear security policy during the Clinton administration.
  • C. Carl Lerner
    Carl Lerner was an American film editor best known for his work on influential films of the 1960s and 1970s, including the thriller "Klute."
  • D. Richard Levinson
    Richard Levinson was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the iconic detective series Columbo.
  • E. Robert Coles
    Robert Coles is an American child psychiatrist, author, and Harvard professor renowned for his influential studies of children’s moral and spiritual lives and for his extensive writings on social and ethical issues.
  • 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_69ca831fe47c8190b5c57b456d2aefa0 completed March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cbe59d67d081908155a43b9b463fe3 completed March 31, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ce4e26a3108190a48b00c2927be971 completed April 2, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ce4ff88ff48190a5641635187a9e4f completed April 2, 2026, 11:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ce50fd3150819097562093bee78a6d completed April 2, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:14 p.m.