Triple

T18026636
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ransom Stoddard E431268 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Ransom Foster Stoddard
Ransom Foster Stoddard is the idealistic lawyer-turned-senator from John Ford’s classic Western film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” known for his stand against lawlessness and the legend surrounding his role in the outlaw’s death.
E1319330 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: Ransom Foster Stoddard | Statement: [Ransom Stoddard, fullName, Ransom Foster Stoddard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ransom Foster Stoddard
Context triple: [Ransom Stoddard, fullName, Ransom Foster Stoddard]
  • A. Joseph Stannard
    Joseph Stannard was a 19th-century English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his detailed river and coastal scenes.
  • B. William Read Scurry
    William Read Scurry was a 19th-century American military officer and Texas politician best known for his service as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  • C. Charles H. Stanyan
    Charles H. Stanyan was a 19th-century San Francisco official and landowner after whom Stanyan Street, bordering Golden Gate Park, was named.
  • D. Jesse E. Moorland
    Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
  • E. Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
  • 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: Ransom Foster Stoddard
Triple: [Ransom Stoddard, fullName, Ransom Foster Stoddard]
Generated description
Ransom Foster Stoddard is the idealistic lawyer-turned-senator from John Ford’s classic Western film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” known for his stand against lawlessness and the legend surrounding his role in the outlaw’s death.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ransom Foster Stoddard
Target entity description: Ransom Foster Stoddard is the idealistic lawyer-turned-senator from John Ford’s classic Western film “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” known for his stand against lawlessness and the legend surrounding his role in the outlaw’s death.
  • A. Joseph Stannard
    Joseph Stannard was a 19th-century English landscape and marine painter associated with the Norwich School, known for his detailed river and coastal scenes.
  • B. William Read Scurry
    William Read Scurry was a 19th-century American military officer and Texas politician best known for his service as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  • C. Charles H. Stanyan
    Charles H. Stanyan was a 19th-century San Francisco official and landowner after whom Stanyan Street, bordering Golden Gate Park, was named.
  • D. Jesse E. Moorland
    Jesse E. Moorland was an African American minister, educator, and philanthropist whose extensive collection of books and documents on Black history helped form the foundation of Howard University’s Moorland–Spingarn Research Center.
  • E. Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall was an American stage and silent film actor best known for his leading role in D.W. Griffith’s landmark and controversial film "The Birth of a Nation."
  • 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_69d8b9050fb48190890155145deb0a66 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4b9c6a4208190846ed28681ba7daa completed April 19, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a03cc0d61088190b1d6fb44e8d4b070 completed May 13, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03ccb5a29881909adf08dab680db78 completed May 13, 2026, 12:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03cd0c2204819089326be4c699a745 completed May 13, 2026, 12:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:24 a.m.