Triple

T9546409
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Westmoreland E230299 entity
Predicate hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder P28784 FINISHED
Object Westmoreland, William
Westmoreland, William was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
E805242 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Westmoreland, William | Statement: [William Westmoreland, hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder, Westmoreland, William]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westmoreland, William
Context triple: [William Westmoreland, hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder, Westmoreland, William]
  • A. Naunton Wayne
    Naunton Wayne was a British character actor best known for his comic roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s, often playing affable, cricket-obsessed Englishmen.
  • B. John Ridgely
    John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
  • C. Edmund Ball
    Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
  • D. William Williams
    William Williams was a key 19th-century Baptist leader and theologian involved in establishing major institutions of Southern Baptist education and ministry.
  • E. Thomas Culpeper
    Thomas Culpeper was a colonial-era English noble and land proprietor associated with the governance and territorial development of what became Virginia.
  • 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: Westmoreland, William
Triple: [William Westmoreland, hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder, Westmoreland, William]
Generated description
Westmoreland, William was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westmoreland, William
Target entity description: Westmoreland, William was a United States Army general best known for commanding U.S. military operations during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
  • A. Naunton Wayne
    Naunton Wayne was a British character actor best known for his comic roles in classic films of the 1930s and 1940s, often playing affable, cricket-obsessed Englishmen.
  • B. John Ridgely
    John Ridgely was an American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s, known for his supporting roles in numerous Hollywood films, particularly crime dramas and film noirs.
  • C. Edmund Ball
    Edmund Ball was an American industrialist and member of the Ball family who helped build Ball Corporation into a major manufacturer of glass jars and packaging products.
  • D. William Williams
    William Williams was a key 19th-century Baptist leader and theologian involved in establishing major institutions of Southern Baptist education and ministry.
  • E. Thomas Culpeper
    Thomas Culpeper was a colonial-era English noble and land proprietor associated with the governance and territorial development of what became Virginia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder
Context triple: [William Westmoreland, hasNameInFamilyNameFirstOrder, Westmoreland, William]
  • A. hasFamilyNameOf
    Indicates that one entity bears or uses the same family name (surname) as another entity.
  • B. isOriginalFamilyNameOf
    Indicates that a given family name is the original or birth surname of a person, from which any later or changed surnames may have derived.
  • C. canBeFamilyName
    Indicates that something is capable of functioning as a family name or surname in at least one context.
  • D. hasFamilyNameInLanguage
    Indicates that an entity has a specific family name as expressed or written in a particular language.
  • E. hasNameOrder chosen
    Indicates the specific sequence or arrangement in which the components of a name (e.g., given name, family name, titles) are ordered.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ca847c70b8819088a0a0bad64a50d6 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd9902fca081909125660ae6336d3f completed April 1, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d14c747e608190b2fa470324fff454 completed April 4, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d14cfcfc6c8190a39f4db25ffa160e completed April 4, 2026, 5:40 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d14d5dad98819089c49afd3d097c1f completed April 4, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69ccd58bd21881908b860e3ee469af13 completed April 1, 2026, 8:21 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:02 p.m.