Triple
T19937625
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James L. Massey |
E479214
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Lee Massey
James Lee Massey was an American electrical engineer and information theorist renowned for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and cryptography.
|
E1403281
|
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: James Lee Massey | Statement: [James L. Massey, fullName, James Lee Massey]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lee Massey Context triple: [James L. Massey, fullName, James Lee Massey]
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A.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
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B.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
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C.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
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D.
Warren Foster
Warren Foster was an American animation writer best known for his influential work on classic Warner Bros. cartoons, including many featuring characters like Foghorn Leghorn.
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E.
Louis Begley
Louis Begley is a Polish-born American novelist and lawyer best known for his critically acclaimed works exploring identity, morality, and the legacy of the Holocaust.
- 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: James Lee Massey Triple: [James L. Massey, fullName, James Lee Massey]
Generated description
James Lee Massey was an American electrical engineer and information theorist renowned for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and cryptography.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Lee Massey Target entity description: James Lee Massey was an American electrical engineer and information theorist renowned for his pioneering contributions to coding theory and cryptography.
-
A.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards was a prominent Canadian-American theatre director and educator best known for championing African-American playwrights, including directing the original Broadway production of August Wilson’s "Fences."
-
B.
Lloyd Richards
Lloyd Richards is a character in the classic film and play "All About Eve," depicted as a talented and ambitious playwright closely involved in the theatrical world surrounding Margo Channing.
-
C.
Martin Balsam
Martin Balsam was an American character actor known for his versatile supporting roles in classic films such as "Psycho," "12 Angry Men," and "A Thousand Clowns," for which he won an Academy Award.
-
D.
Warren Foster
Warren Foster was an American animation writer best known for his influential work on classic Warner Bros. cartoons, including many featuring characters like Foghorn Leghorn.
-
E.
Louis Begley
Louis Begley is a Polish-born American novelist and lawyer best known for his critically acclaimed works exploring identity, morality, and the legacy of the Holocaust.
- 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_69d8e522a17c819095165d4d24939fd8 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65a17fb2c8190b3aaae88e741648a |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07f6ec40f88190926f1330300fdc61 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:47 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07f9c8f6c08190a949ebbb70b08d01 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07fb3a144c8190b9bf2148702d6b6c |
completed | May 16, 2026, 5:06 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m.