Triple

T20388969
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Meadville, Pennsylvania E498033 entity
Predicate hasNotablePerson P304 FINISHED
Object John W. Witherspoon
John W. Witherspoon is a notable individual associated with Meadville, Pennsylvania, recognized for his local prominence or contributions to the community.
E1428694 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 W. Witherspoon | Statement: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, John W. Witherspoon]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Witherspoon
Context triple: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, John W. Witherspoon]
  • A. John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
  • B. John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
  • C. Hugh Blair
    Hugh Blair was an 18th-century Scottish minister, rhetorician, and literary critic whose influential lectures and writings made him a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • D. Samuel Davies
    Samuel Davies was an influential 18th-century American Presbyterian minister and evangelist, noted for his powerful preaching, defense of religious liberty, and major role in spreading the ideals of the Great Awakening, especially in colonial Virginia.
  • E. Samuel Hopkins
    Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
  • 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 W. Witherspoon
Triple: [Meadville, Pennsylvania, hasNotablePerson, John W. Witherspoon]
Generated description
John W. Witherspoon is a notable individual associated with Meadville, Pennsylvania, recognized for his local prominence or contributions to the community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John W. Witherspoon
Target entity description: John W. Witherspoon is a notable individual associated with Meadville, Pennsylvania, recognized for his local prominence or contributions to the community.
  • A. John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, and statesman who served as president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and became a prominent political leader during the American Revolution.
  • B. John Witherspoon
    John Witherspoon was an American comedian and character actor best known for his eccentric, scene-stealing roles in films like the Friday series and numerous television comedies.
  • C. Hugh Blair
    Hugh Blair was an 18th-century Scottish minister, rhetorician, and literary critic whose influential lectures and writings made him a leading figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • D. Samuel Davies
    Samuel Davies was an influential 18th-century American Presbyterian minister and evangelist, noted for his powerful preaching, defense of religious liberty, and major role in spreading the ideals of the Great Awakening, especially in colonial Virginia.
  • E. Samuel Hopkins
    Samuel Hopkins was an 18th-century American Congregationalist theologian known for developing a rigorous Calvinist system later called Hopkinsianism, which became a central strand of New England theology.
  • 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_69e0b4a71ebc8190b153a36c738730f4 completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6790d9e5881908bde7da9e5e541a0 completed April 20, 2026, 7:05 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08762218448190a3339dbbe0f23962 completed May 16, 2026, 1:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a087754af1481909a8ffa042aad2f42 completed May 16, 2026, 1:55 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0877dcf9548190bd42db7a54aea824 completed May 16, 2026, 1:57 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:28 a.m.