Triple
T21671561
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitaker |
E534856
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entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Whitaker
Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author best known for his critical books on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, including "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
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E1495913
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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: Robert Whitaker | Statement: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Robert Whitaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Whitaker Context triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Robert Whitaker]
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A.
Patrick J. Tierney
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Charles Murray Cathcart
Charles Murray Cathcart was a British military officer and colonial administrator whose service in Canada led to landmarks such as Cathcart Tower being named in his honor.
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C.
Robert Mindell
Robert Mindell is best known as the husband of American film and radio actress Rochelle Hudson.
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D.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was an English composer, arranger, and conductor known for his orchestral film scores and collaborations with prominent pop and rock artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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: Robert Whitaker Triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Robert Whitaker]
Generated description
Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author best known for his critical books on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, including "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Whitaker Target entity description: Robert Whitaker is an American journalist and author best known for his critical books on psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry, including "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
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A.
Patrick J. Tierney
Patrick J. Tierney is an individual notable enough to be recognized as a significant bearer of the surname Tierney, though specific widely known public details about him are not clearly established.
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B.
Charles Murray Cathcart
Charles Murray Cathcart was a British military officer and colonial administrator whose service in Canada led to landmarks such as Cathcart Tower being named in his honor.
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C.
Robert Mindell
Robert Mindell is best known as the husband of American film and radio actress Rochelle Hudson.
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D.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was an English composer, arranger, and conductor known for his orchestral film scores and collaborations with prominent pop and rock artists in the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
David Whitaker
David Whitaker was a British television writer and script editor best known as the first story editor of the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who.
- 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_69e0c46898008190aa618a4af55bd1ee |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ef8a0badd08190ad2ec2b8e46be379 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0a15a7a19c8190a38ef90422f7feeb |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0a16ac5ee881909ede61c149be61fa |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0a17d9a48881908d9858e40d41674c |
completed | May 17, 2026, 7:32 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:37 p.m.