Triple
T22586027
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Morton |
E564794
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Thomas Green Morton
William Thomas Green Morton was a 19th-century American dentist best known for publicly demonstrating the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic, revolutionizing pain management in medicine.
|
E1545336
|
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 Thomas Green Morton | Statement: [Morton, hasNotableBearer, William Thomas Green Morton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Green Morton Context triple: [Morton, hasNotableBearer, William Thomas Green Morton]
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A.
James Addison Halsted
James Addison Halsted was the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted, the daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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B.
J. Marion Sims
J. Marion Sims was a 19th-century American physician often called the "father of modern gynecology," whose pioneering surgical techniques were developed through highly controversial experiments on enslaved Black women without anesthesia.
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C.
William Halstead
William Halstead was a 19th-century American politician who served multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
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D.
Ephraim McDowell
Ephraim McDowell was an early 19th-century American surgeon renowned for performing one of the first successful abdominal surgeries, specifically the removal of an ovarian tumor.
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E.
George Crile
George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
- 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 Thomas Green Morton Triple: [Morton, hasNotableBearer, William Thomas Green Morton]
Generated description
William Thomas Green Morton was a 19th-century American dentist best known for publicly demonstrating the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic, revolutionizing pain management in medicine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Thomas Green Morton Target entity description: William Thomas Green Morton was a 19th-century American dentist best known for publicly demonstrating the use of ether as a surgical anesthetic, revolutionizing pain management in medicine.
-
A.
James Addison Halsted
James Addison Halsted was the third husband of Anna Roosevelt Halsted, the daughter of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
-
B.
J. Marion Sims
J. Marion Sims was a 19th-century American physician often called the "father of modern gynecology," whose pioneering surgical techniques were developed through highly controversial experiments on enslaved Black women without anesthesia.
-
C.
William Halstead
William Halstead was a 19th-century American politician who served multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.
-
D.
Ephraim McDowell
Ephraim McDowell was an early 19th-century American surgeon renowned for performing one of the first successful abdominal surgeries, specifically the removal of an ovarian tumor.
-
E.
George Crile
George Crile was an American journalist and producer best known for his investigative work on U.S. foreign policy and intelligence, including the book "Charlie Wilson's War."
- 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_69e245836014819091b91ed3074742a3 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:36 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1615d1fe081908079f777cdab12a2 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 1:39 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0b3d584fb88190b64be86c696a25eb |
completed | May 18, 2026, 4:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0b4993d9148190a222e21a7b2b633f |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:17 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0b4a2de1848190bf4728c204e27703 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 5:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 2:46 p.m.