Triple

T18943225
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pollard E463439 entity
Predicate hasNotableIndividual P304 FINISHED
Object Willard Pollard
Willard Pollard is a notable individual associated with the Pollard family or lineage, recognized for contributions or significance that distinguish him within that group.
E1358620 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: Willard Pollard | Statement: [Pollard, hasNotableIndividual, Willard Pollard]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Pollard
Context triple: [Pollard, hasNotableIndividual, Willard Pollard]
  • A. John Potts
    John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
  • B. Eugene Sawyer
    Eugene Sawyer was an American politician who briefly served as mayor of Chicago in the late 1980s following the death of Harold Washington.
  • C. Jack Hively
    Jack Hively was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on numerous RKO Pictures productions.
  • D. Frank Parrish
    Frank Parrish is a fictional character portrayed by actor Tim Reid, likely in a film or television production.
  • E. Orlando Murden
    Orlando Murden was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic soul ballad "For Once in My Life."
  • 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: Willard Pollard
Triple: [Pollard, hasNotableIndividual, Willard Pollard]
Generated description
Willard Pollard is a notable individual associated with the Pollard family or lineage, recognized for contributions or significance that distinguish him within that group.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Willard Pollard
Target entity description: Willard Pollard is a notable individual associated with the Pollard family or lineage, recognized for contributions or significance that distinguish him within that group.
  • A. John Potts
    John Potts was an 18th-century ironmaster and founder of the town that became Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
  • B. Eugene Sawyer
    Eugene Sawyer was an American politician who briefly served as mayor of Chicago in the late 1980s following the death of Harold Washington.
  • C. Jack Hively
    Jack Hively was an American film editor and director active in Hollywood during the mid-20th century, known for his work on numerous RKO Pictures productions.
  • D. Frank Parrish
    Frank Parrish is a fictional character portrayed by actor Tim Reid, likely in a film or television production.
  • E. Orlando Murden
    Orlando Murden was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic soul ballad "For Once in My Life."
  • 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_69d8dcfec90481909e926be9767e5779 completed April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5d3ed847c8190a911a61673608a5c completed April 20, 2026, 7:21 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a05dd81ae1481908b5520c2ed0140bc completed May 14, 2026, 2:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a05dfcd85b08190b0ec431590396dbb completed May 14, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a05e09f607c81909c9ef31c4e1b47b1 completed May 14, 2026, 2:47 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:59 a.m.