Triple

T19204685
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Vandivert E480200 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Vandivert
Vandivert is a surname most notably associated with William Vandivert, an American photojournalist and co-founder of Magnum Photos.
 E1364236 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: Vandivert | Statement: [William Vandivert, familyName, Vandivert]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vandivert
Context triple: [William Vandivert, familyName, Vandivert]
  • A. Ostrander
    Ostrander is a small city located in Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota, United States.
  • B. Melancton
    Melancton is a masculine given name most notably borne by Melancton Smith, an American lawyer and prominent Anti-Federalist politician of the late 18th century.
  • C. Lemore
    Lemore is a mysterious septa and companion to the exiled prince known as Young Griff in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
  • D. Rintoul
    Rintoul is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable figures, including journalists, actors, and politicians.
  • E. Bouvante
    Bouvante is a small rural commune in southeastern France, located in the Drôme department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
  • 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: Vandivert
Triple: [William Vandivert, familyName, Vandivert]
Generated description
Vandivert is a surname most notably associated with William Vandivert, an American photojournalist and co-founder of Magnum Photos.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Vandivert
Target entity description: Vandivert is a surname most notably associated with William Vandivert, an American photojournalist and co-founder of Magnum Photos.
  • A. Ostrander
    Ostrander is a small city located in Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota, United States.
  • B. Melancton
    Melancton is a masculine given name most notably borne by Melancton Smith, an American lawyer and prominent Anti-Federalist politician of the late 18th century.
  • C. Lemore
    Lemore is a mysterious septa and companion to the exiled prince known as Young Griff in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.
  • D. Rintoul
    Rintoul is a Scottish-origin surname borne by various notable figures, including journalists, actors, and politicians.
  • E. Bouvante
    Bouvante is a small rural commune in southeastern France, located in the Drôme department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
  • 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_69d8e8cb8c348190b52075823911c869 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5f99b37c081908c13e0b4cca52aa4 completed April 20, 2026, 10:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0700e0a45c81909ff542041cf0626d completed May 15, 2026, 11:17 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0701b45878819090790895e37bdaca completed May 15, 2026, 11:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07022bed5c81909bfbad71467c9aa2 completed May 15, 2026, 11:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:17 p.m.