Triple
T999138
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nellis Air Force Base |
E21563
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Harrell Nellis
William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.
|
E250562
|
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 Harrell Nellis | Statement: [Nellis Air Force Base, namedAfter, William Harrell Nellis]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harrell Nellis Context triple: [Nellis Air Force Base, namedAfter, William Harrell Nellis]
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A.
Arthur Loomis Harmon
Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
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B.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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C.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
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D.
William Eldred Jackson
William Eldred Jackson was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson.
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E.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
- 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 Harrell Nellis Triple: [Nellis Air Force Base, namedAfter, William Harrell Nellis]
Generated description
William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Harrell Nellis Target entity description: William Harrell Nellis was a decorated American World War II fighter pilot whose combat service and sacrifice led to a major U.S. Air Force base being named in his honor.
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A.
Arthur Loomis Harmon
Arthur Loomis Harmon was an American architect best known as a partner in the firm that designed the Empire State Building.
-
B.
Carl J. Kilpatrick
Carl J. Kilpatrick is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Kilpatrick, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
-
C.
John H. Ferguson
John H. Ferguson was the Louisiana judge whose ruling upholding racial segregation in the Plessy v. Ferguson case led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark “separate but equal” decision.
-
D.
William Eldred Jackson
William Eldred Jackson was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Nuremberg prosecutor Robert H. Jackson.
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E.
William E. Nickerson
William E. Nickerson was a prominent benefactor and businessman associated with Boston University, for whom the university’s Nickerson Field stadium is named.
- 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_69a493c476b48190b41fc5e793171cc6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4b4e3d8b081908e536928e7d6199d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:51 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae7190fb84819095e6ebf2eeb50148 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:06 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae75ad4f188190ba6edb78f0c32843 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:24 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae7610cb28819084c1898c4103aceb |
completed | March 9, 2026, 7:26 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.