Triple

T19479026
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eric Foner E487328 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Jack D. Foner
Jack D. Foner was an American historian and educator known for his work on African American history and labor movements, as well as for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
E1378434 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: Jack D. Foner | Statement: [Eric Foner, relative, Jack D. Foner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack D. Foner
Context triple: [Eric Foner, relative, Jack D. Foner]
  • A. Norman Thomas
    Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
  • B. Victor L. Berger
    Victor L. Berger was an American socialist politician and newspaper editor who became the first Socialist Party member elected to the U.S. Congress.
  • C. John Hugh McNary
    John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
  • D. Theodore M. Davis
    Theodore M. Davis was a wealthy American lawyer and financier best known as a prominent early 20th-century sponsor and excavator of several important tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
  • E. Edward L. McDonnell
    Edward L. McDonnell is a film and television producer known for his work on major projects including serving as an executive producer on the series "Shogun."
  • 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: Jack D. Foner
Triple: [Eric Foner, relative, Jack D. Foner]
Generated description
Jack D. Foner was an American historian and educator known for his work on African American history and labor movements, as well as for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jack D. Foner
Target entity description: Jack D. Foner was an American historian and educator known for his work on African American history and labor movements, as well as for being blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
  • A. Norman Thomas
    Norman Thomas was a prominent American socialist leader, Presbyterian minister, and six-time U.S. presidential candidate known for his advocacy of civil liberties, pacifism, and social justice.
  • B. Victor L. Berger
    Victor L. Berger was an American socialist politician and newspaper editor who became the first Socialist Party member elected to the U.S. Congress.
  • C. John Hugh McNary
    John Hugh McNary was an American judge who served on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the early 20th century.
  • D. Theodore M. Davis
    Theodore M. Davis was a wealthy American lawyer and financier best known as a prominent early 20th-century sponsor and excavator of several important tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings.
  • E. Edward L. McDonnell
    Edward L. McDonnell is a film and television producer known for his work on major projects including serving as an executive producer on the series "Shogun."
  • 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_69d8e8d924388190b847cb15bb3d0aff completed April 10, 2026, 12:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e63437b9748190a8fc6bf6b3d90918 completed April 20, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a074053f7b48190a726ef5e285ed62a completed May 15, 2026, 3:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07412a04d0819087c4dc7b5f2742ad completed May 15, 2026, 3:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a074197aa14819096a74aab7bca9e3c completed May 15, 2026, 3:53 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:39 p.m.