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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
hasFamilyNameOf
Indicates that one entity bears or uses the same family name (surname) as another entity.
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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.
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C.
canBeFamilyName
Indicates that something is capable of functioning as a family name or surname in at least one context.
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D.
hasFamilyNameInLanguage
Indicates that an entity has a specific family name as expressed or written in a particular language.
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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.