Triple
T21671562
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Whitaker |
E534856
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Todd Whitaker
Todd Whitaker is an American educator, author, and speaker best known for his influential books on effective teaching and school leadership.
|
E1495914
|
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: Todd Whitaker | Statement: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Todd Whitaker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Todd Whitaker Context triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Todd Whitaker]
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A.
James Whitaker
James Whitaker is a film cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the comedy-drama "Troop Zero."
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B.
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos is an American businesswoman and conservative political donor who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Education from 2017 to 2021.
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C.
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall is an American Republican politician and physician who has served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
Jonathan Mardukas
Jonathan Mardukas is a neurotic yet principled accountant-turned-informant on the run from both the mob and law enforcement in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run."
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E.
Todd Wagner
Todd Wagner is an American entrepreneur, film producer, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Broadcast.com and later partnering with Mark Cuban on various media and entertainment ventures.
- 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: Todd Whitaker Triple: [Whitaker, hasNotableBearer, Todd Whitaker]
Generated description
Todd Whitaker is an American educator, author, and speaker best known for his influential books on effective teaching and school leadership.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Todd Whitaker Target entity description: Todd Whitaker is an American educator, author, and speaker best known for his influential books on effective teaching and school leadership.
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A.
James Whitaker
James Whitaker is a film cinematographer known for his work on feature films such as the comedy-drama "Troop Zero."
-
B.
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos is an American businesswoman and conservative political donor who served as the 11th United States Secretary of Education from 2017 to 2021.
-
C.
Roger Marshall
Roger Marshall is an American Republican politician and physician who has served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas and later as a U.S. Senator.
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D.
Jonathan Mardukas
Jonathan Mardukas is a neurotic yet principled accountant-turned-informant on the run from both the mob and law enforcement in the action-comedy film "Midnight Run."
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E.
Todd Wagner
Todd Wagner is an American entrepreneur, film producer, and philanthropist best known for co-founding Broadcast.com and later partnering with Mark Cuban on various media and entertainment ventures.
- 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.