Triple

T11661127
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject USS Hoel (DD-533) E277120 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object William R. Hoel
William R. Hoel was a U.S. Navy officer and riverboat pilot noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War.
 E1301140 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 R. Hoel | Statement: [USS Hoel (DD-533), namedAfter, William R. Hoel]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William R. Hoel
Context triple: [USS Hoel (DD-533), namedAfter, William R. Hoel]
  • A. James N. Hallock
    James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
  • B. Herbert M. Dawley
    Herbert M. Dawley was an early 20th-century American filmmaker and special effects pioneer known for his work on prehistoric-themed fantasy films.
  • C. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • D. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • E. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • 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 R. Hoel
Triple: [USS Hoel (DD-533), namedAfter, William R. Hoel]
Generated description
William R. Hoel was a U.S. Navy officer and riverboat pilot noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William R. Hoel
Target entity description: William R. Hoel was a U.S. Navy officer and riverboat pilot noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War.
  • A. James N. Hallock
    James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
  • B. Herbert M. Dawley
    Herbert M. Dawley was an early 20th-century American filmmaker and special effects pioneer known for his work on prehistoric-themed fantasy films.
  • C. Leland J. Hamlin
    Leland J. Hamlin is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the Hamlin surname, though detailed public information about his life or achievements appears to be limited.
  • D. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • E. Francis W. Sears
    Francis W. Sears was an American physicist and influential physics educator known for his widely used textbooks and contributions to physics teaching.
  • 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_69d6aafbb3c081908a9cdb4ecb8d981d completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a3d29fdc8190af46b6e2badb1df5 completed April 10, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a034307ff088190874d6c00f2741400 completed May 12, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03445913088190b8662601da93a3ab completed May 12, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a034517f4148190864d916f4d1ef5ba completed May 12, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.