Triple

T18830597
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hawks E460516 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John D. Hawks
John D. Hawks is an American paleoanthropologist known for his research on human evolution, population genetics, and the fossil record of archaic humans.
E1347353 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: John D. Hawks | Statement: [Hawks, hasNotableBearer, John D. Hawks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John D. Hawks
Context triple: [Hawks, hasNotableBearer, John D. Hawks]
  • A. Timothy P. White
    Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
  • B. Michael A. McNeilly
    Michael A. McNeilly is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials.
  • C. Jack G. Hills
    Jack G. Hills is an astronomer best known for proposing the existence of the distant reservoir of comets now called the Hills cloud, an extension of the Oort cloud.
  • D. James M. Adovasio
    James M. Adovasio is an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering work on early North American prehistory and meticulous excavation methods that have significantly influenced debates about the peopling of the Americas.
  • E. Leland Orser
    Leland Orser is an American character actor known for his intense, often neurotic roles in films and television, including appearances in thrillers like the "Taken" series and shows such as "ER."
  • 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: John D. Hawks
Triple: [Hawks, hasNotableBearer, John D. Hawks]
Generated description
John D. Hawks is an American paleoanthropologist known for his research on human evolution, population genetics, and the fossil record of archaic humans.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John D. Hawks
Target entity description: John D. Hawks is an American paleoanthropologist known for his research on human evolution, population genetics, and the fossil record of archaic humans.
  • A. Timothy P. White
    Timothy P. White is an American academic leader and kinesiologist who served as chancellor of the California State University system and previously led the University of California, Riverside.
  • B. Michael A. McNeilly
    Michael A. McNeilly is an American entrepreneur best known as one of the founders of the semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials.
  • C. Jack G. Hills
    Jack G. Hills is an astronomer best known for proposing the existence of the distant reservoir of comets now called the Hills cloud, an extension of the Oort cloud.
  • D. James M. Adovasio
    James M. Adovasio is an American archaeologist best known for his pioneering work on early North American prehistory and meticulous excavation methods that have significantly influenced debates about the peopling of the Americas.
  • E. Leland Orser
    Leland Orser is an American character actor known for his intense, often neurotic roles in films and television, including appearances in thrillers like the "Taken" series and shows such as "ER."
  • 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_69d8dcf94c288190a06dea029ae4b223 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5a9992bb081908ba517a5c9d93ef3 completed April 20, 2026, 4:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0575ac249c8190989b9de40eb8a444 completed May 14, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0576d2baac8190a9cd366978471809 completed May 14, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0577ca320481909b26700820ad4820 completed May 14, 2026, 7:20 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:56 a.m.