Triple
T17854032
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Radford, Virginia |
E445882
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedFor |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Radford
William Radford was a U.S. Navy officer after whom the city of Radford, Virginia, was named.
|
E1296575
|
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 Radford | Statement: [Radford, Virginia, namedFor, William Radford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Radford Context triple: [Radford, Virginia, namedFor, William Radford]
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A.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
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B.
Edward Bancroft
Edward Bancroft was an 18th-century American-born physician, scientist, and double agent who secretly spied for Britain while serving as secretary to the American commissioners in Paris during the Revolutionary War.
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C.
George Winnifrith
George Winnifrith was the father of British actress Anna Lee and a member of a family with several connections to the performing arts.
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D.
William Tennant
William Tennant was a Scottish poet best known for his mock-heroic poem "Anster Fair" and his contributions to early 19th-century Scottish literature.
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E.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
- 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 Radford Triple: [Radford, Virginia, namedFor, William Radford]
Generated description
William Radford was a U.S. Navy officer after whom the city of Radford, Virginia, was named.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Radford Target entity description: William Radford was a U.S. Navy officer after whom the city of Radford, Virginia, was named.
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A.
William Orlamond
William Orlamond was a Danish-born American character actor of the silent film era who appeared in numerous Hollywood productions in the 1910s and 1920s.
-
B.
Edward Bancroft
Edward Bancroft was an 18th-century American-born physician, scientist, and double agent who secretly spied for Britain while serving as secretary to the American commissioners in Paris during the Revolutionary War.
-
C.
George Winnifrith
George Winnifrith was the father of British actress Anna Lee and a member of a family with several connections to the performing arts.
-
D.
William Tennant
William Tennant was a Scottish poet best known for his mock-heroic poem "Anster Fair" and his contributions to early 19th-century Scottish literature.
-
E.
John Butterfield
John Butterfield was a 19th-century American businessman and transportation pioneer best known as a co-founder of American Express and for developing early stagecoach and express services.
- 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_69d8b9f26f18819089c9e43250bee6ae |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:50 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e49001d8b881908c8d4efc3d7ff04f |
completed | April 19, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0321213c98819082ca30a67eece19e |
completed | May 12, 2026, 12:46 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a032250fe1c81909fdca0f670ca7e2d |
completed | May 12, 2026, 12:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0322b2aa7c8190a8fbd21403a59c3b |
completed | May 12, 2026, 12:53 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:17 a.m.