Triple
T9230186
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Adams Award |
E221795
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Binney
William Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance practices and became a prominent advocate for privacy and civil liberties.
|
E794187
|
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 Binney | Statement: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, William Binney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Binney Context triple: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, William Binney]
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A.
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
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B.
William Sidney Lovell-Smith
William Sidney Lovell-Smith was a New Zealand printer and suffrage supporter best known as the husband and collaborator of leading women's rights activist Kate Sheppard.
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C.
Alan H. Nichols
Alan H. Nichols is an American legal figure best known for his role as a named party in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols concerning the rights of non-English-speaking students in public schools.
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D.
Donald J. Hughes
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist known for his work on neutron physics and his contributions to early atomic energy policy and research.
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E.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
- 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 Binney Triple: [Sam Adams Award, notableRecipient, William Binney]
Generated description
William Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance practices and became a prominent advocate for privacy and civil liberties.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Binney Target entity description: William Binney is a former high-ranking NSA official turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance practices and became a prominent advocate for privacy and civil liberties.
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A.
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
-
B.
William Sidney Lovell-Smith
William Sidney Lovell-Smith was a New Zealand printer and suffrage supporter best known as the husband and collaborator of leading women's rights activist Kate Sheppard.
-
C.
Alan H. Nichols
Alan H. Nichols is an American legal figure best known for his role as a named party in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols concerning the rights of non-English-speaking students in public schools.
-
D.
Donald J. Hughes
Donald J. Hughes was an American nuclear physicist known for his work on neutron physics and his contributions to early atomic energy policy and research.
-
E.
Milburn G. Apt
Milburn G. Apt was a United States Air Force test pilot and the first person to exceed Mach 3, who died in the crash of the Bell X-2 during a record-setting flight in 1956.
- 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_69ca83ed628c8190bc02d641e57f097f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ccee17a2dc8190b373f78be7247f0d |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d0f37b39648190993874f5789e821e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:18 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d0f5d341a08190b8b9c73d4fcac7c0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:28 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d0f64524ac8190b18865f38a03e36e |
completed | April 4, 2026, 11:30 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:29 p.m.