Triple

T18778472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Yvonne Brathwaite Burke E459190 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object William A. Burke
William A. Burke is an American public official and environmental regulator best known for his long tenure as chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California.
E1396525 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 A. Burke | Statement: [Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, spouse, William A. Burke]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Burke
Context triple: [Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, spouse, William A. Burke]
  • A. Edwin J. Burke
    Edwin J. Burke was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his work in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema, including several films starring Shirley Temple.
  • B. William G. Tierney
    William G. Tierney is an American higher education scholar known for his influential research on organizational culture, governance, and equity in colleges and universities.
  • C. James B. McNamara
    James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
  • D. John C. Dugan
    John C. Dugan is an American lawyer and former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency who has held prominent regulatory and leadership roles in the financial services industry.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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 A. Burke
Triple: [Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, spouse, William A. Burke]
Generated description
William A. Burke is an American public official and environmental regulator best known for his long tenure as chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William A. Burke
Target entity description: William A. Burke is an American public official and environmental regulator best known for his long tenure as chairman of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California.
  • A. Edwin J. Burke
    Edwin J. Burke was an American screenwriter and playwright best known for his work in early 20th-century Hollywood cinema, including several films starring Shirley Temple.
  • B. William G. Tierney
    William G. Tierney is an American higher education scholar known for his influential research on organizational culture, governance, and equity in colleges and universities.
  • C. James B. McNamara
    James B. McNamara was an American labor union activist best known for his role in the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, a pivotal event in early 20th-century labor history.
  • D. John C. Dugan
    John C. Dugan is an American lawyer and former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency who has held prominent regulatory and leadership roles in the financial services industry.
  • E. John A. O’Brien
    John A. O’Brien was a prominent Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian known for his influential work in American Catholic thought and education.
  • 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_69d8d396f54c8190ba49db31e8743842 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5933d2d048190a42480edc70bf086 completed April 20, 2026, 2:45 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ccb1ef608190af8bd4e7cd8c63cf completed May 16, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ce0ee7ac8190af90a2ab043da4c2 completed May 16, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07ce5e36f48190ba3b0b44a74262c4 completed May 16, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:52 a.m.