Triple
T23368765
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Looming Tower |
E593399
|
entity |
| Predicate | character |
P662
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ali Soufan
Ali Soufan is a former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert known for his pivotal investigations into al-Qaeda before and after the September 11 attacks.
|
E1582766
|
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: Ali Soufan | Statement: [The Looming Tower, character, Ali Soufan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ali Soufan Context triple: [The Looming Tower, character, Ali Soufan]
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A.
Nidal Bustani
Nidal Bustani is the mother of Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
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B.
Nidal Ayyad
Nidal Ayyad is a Kuwaiti-born chemical engineer and Islamist militant who was convicted for his role in planning and carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
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C.
Nidal Nasser
Nidal Nasser is a professional esports player best known for being named the NBA 2K League’s Most Valuable Player during its 2019 season.
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D.
Lakhdar Boumediene
Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
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E.
Samir Hammoud
Samir Hammoud is a person notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the surname Hammoud.
- 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: Ali Soufan Triple: [The Looming Tower, character, Ali Soufan]
Generated description
Ali Soufan is a former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert known for his pivotal investigations into al-Qaeda before and after the September 11 attacks.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ali Soufan Target entity description: Ali Soufan is a former FBI special agent and counterterrorism expert known for his pivotal investigations into al-Qaeda before and after the September 11 attacks.
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A.
Nidal Bustani
Nidal Bustani is the mother of Lebanese politician and former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
-
B.
Nidal Ayyad
Nidal Ayyad is a Kuwaiti-born chemical engineer and Islamist militant who was convicted for his role in planning and carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City.
-
C.
Nidal Nasser
Nidal Nasser is a professional esports player best known for being named the NBA 2K League’s Most Valuable Player during its 2019 season.
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D.
Lakhdar Boumediene
Lakhdar Boumediene is an Algerian-born Bosnian resident whose detention at Guantánamo Bay led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling affirming habeas corpus rights for foreign detainees.
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E.
Samir Hammoud
Samir Hammoud is a person notable enough to be specifically identified as a bearer of the surname Hammoud.
- 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_69e25d2593c88190bcdf4a716a94ccb2 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 4:17 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f1a0aed374819097d38f51894bee44 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c5ddbd8688190ba51358f22b8fb43 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c5f90146c8190b5035747abcfdb6e |
completed | May 19, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c601b5d288190b5cf4f3e0c8cde15 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 1:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:32 p.m.