Triple
T9029151
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | WorldCom, Inc. |
E216124
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Rector
William Rector is an American businessman best known as a founder of the telecommunications company WorldCom, Inc.
|
E790158
|
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 Rector | Statement: [WorldCom, Inc., foundedBy, William Rector]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rector Context triple: [WorldCom, Inc., foundedBy, William Rector]
-
A.
William Wharton
William Wharton is a sadistic, unhinged death row inmate and key antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile."
-
B.
Philip Oakes
Philip Oakes was a British journalist, film critic, and screenwriter active in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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D.
Charles Fergusson
Charles Fergusson was a senior British Army officer and general who played a prominent command role on the Western Front during World War I.
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E.
Philip Holbrook
Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
- 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 Rector Triple: [WorldCom, Inc., foundedBy, William Rector]
Generated description
William Rector is an American businessman best known as a founder of the telecommunications company WorldCom, Inc.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Rector Target entity description: William Rector is an American businessman best known as a founder of the telecommunications company WorldCom, Inc.
-
A.
William Wharton
William Wharton is a sadistic, unhinged death row inmate and key antagonist in Stephen King’s novel "The Green Mile."
-
B.
Philip Oakes
Philip Oakes was a British journalist, film critic, and screenwriter active in the mid-20th century.
-
C.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
-
D.
Charles Fergusson
Charles Fergusson was a senior British Army officer and general who played a prominent command role on the Western Front during World War I.
-
E.
Philip Holbrook
Philip Holbrook is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Holbrook.
- 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_69ca83a5fa88819088144801b4dd7245 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:07 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cc6a9bcb508190b58751f1772407d4 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 12:45 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0b17686608190bc144ff3e79074f7 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:36 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0b2b9fbf4819083e594d676323c65 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0b343a040819098620e2e3c451b39 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:08 p.m.