Triple

T20641845
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Tsongas E507244 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tsongas
Tsongas is a surname most prominently associated with Paul Tsongas, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and 1992 Democratic presidential candidate.
E507244 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: Tsongas | Statement: [Paul Tsongas, familyName, Tsongas]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsongas
Context triple: [Paul Tsongas, familyName, Tsongas]
  • A. Paul Tsongas
    Paul Tsongas was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Senate and ran for president in 1992, known for his focus on fiscal responsibility and economic reform.
  • B. Kerry Shear Waite
    Kerry Shear Waite is known as the spouse of the late American actor Ralph Waite, who was best recognized for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
  • C. Dukakis
    Dukakis is a Greek-origin surname most prominently associated with American actress Olympia Dukakis and politician Michael Dukakis.
  • D. Howard M. Gore
    Howard M. Gore was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and later as governor of West Virginia in the 1920s.
  • E. William Mondale
    William Mondale is one of the children of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.
  • 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: Tsongas
Triple: [Paul Tsongas, familyName, Tsongas]
Generated description
Tsongas is a surname most prominently associated with Paul Tsongas, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and 1992 Democratic presidential candidate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tsongas
Target entity description: Tsongas is a surname most prominently associated with Paul Tsongas, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts and 1992 Democratic presidential candidate.
  • A. Paul Tsongas chosen
    Paul Tsongas was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts who served in the U.S. Senate and ran for president in 1992, known for his focus on fiscal responsibility and economic reform.
  • B. Kerry Shear Waite
    Kerry Shear Waite is known as the spouse of the late American actor Ralph Waite, who was best recognized for his role as John Walton Sr. on the television series "The Waltons."
  • C. Dukakis
    Dukakis is a Greek-origin surname most prominently associated with American actress Olympia Dukakis and politician Michael Dukakis.
  • D. Howard M. Gore
    Howard M. Gore was an American politician who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and later as governor of West Virginia in the 1920s.
  • E. William Mondale
    William Mondale is one of the children of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale.
  • F. None of above.

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_69e0b4be702c8190a3d2410a881d310a completed April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6af1b9e888190b61edffea16487d7 completed April 20, 2026, 10:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08cd53c580819089127b06429f302b completed May 16, 2026, 8:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08d174278481909db394da2a7ff969 completed May 16, 2026, 8:20 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08d293523c8190aaa01c6c73c9afd5 completed May 16, 2026, 8:24 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:43 a.m.