Triple

T22191230
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Barbara Boxer E548428 entity
Predicate precededBy P97 FINISHED
Object William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)
William H. Burlison was a Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing a California congressional district prior to Barbara Boxer’s tenure.
 E1524711 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: William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06) | Statement: [Barbara Boxer, precededBy, William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)
Context triple: [Barbara Boxer, precededBy, William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)]
  • A. Representative William H. Clagett
    Representative William H. Clagett was a 19th-century U.S. congressman best known for his pivotal role in the creation of Yellowstone National Park, the world’s first national park.
  • B. Representative Edgar Howard
    Representative Edgar Howard was a U.S. congressman best known for his role in advancing New Deal-era Native American policy, including key legislation on tribal self-governance and land rights.
  • C. Charles F. Felton as U.S. Senator from California
    Charles F. Felton was a 19th-century Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. Senate, representing the state during the post–Civil War and Gilded Age era.
  • D. Julian Dixon (former U.S. Representative)
    Julian Dixon was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Representative from California known for his influential work on appropriations, civil rights, and ethics in Congress.
  • E. Congressman Sheldon Runyon
    Congressman Sheldon Runyon is a fictional U.S. politician who serves as the primary antagonist in the political drama film "The Contender."
  • 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: William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)
Triple: [Barbara Boxer, precededBy, William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)]
Generated description
William H. Burlison was a Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing a California congressional district prior to Barbara Boxer’s tenure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William H. Burlison (as U.S. Representative for CA-06)
Target entity description: William H. Burlison was a Democratic politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives representing a California congressional district prior to Barbara Boxer’s tenure.
  • A. Representative William H. Clagett
    Representative William H. Clagett was a 19th-century U.S. congressman best known for his pivotal role in the creation of Yellowstone National Park, the world’s first national park.
  • B. Representative Edgar Howard
    Representative Edgar Howard was a U.S. congressman best known for his role in advancing New Deal-era Native American policy, including key legislation on tribal self-governance and land rights.
  • C. Charles F. Felton as U.S. Senator from California
    Charles F. Felton was a 19th-century Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. Senate, representing the state during the post–Civil War and Gilded Age era.
  • D. Julian Dixon (former U.S. Representative)
    Julian Dixon was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Representative from California known for his influential work on appropriations, civil rights, and ethics in Congress.
  • E. Congressman Sheldon Runyon
    Congressman Sheldon Runyon is a fictional U.S. politician who serves as the primary antagonist in the political drama film "The Contender."
  • 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_69e11e3e0c7c8190b30d278845e2497e completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12ae3e8148190a23decd2dfe24e28 completed April 28, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0aa60c29608190afef2bcae36e4c12 completed May 18, 2026, 5:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0aa73b63008190955cdfc17063c405 completed May 18, 2026, 5:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0aa7ab0d108190a907cba7075bddd8 completed May 18, 2026, 5:46 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:35 p.m.