Triple
T9471004
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sam Walton |
E228387
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Walton
John Walton is one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club.
|
E800200
|
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: John Walton | Statement: [Sam Walton, child, John Walton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Walton Context triple: [Sam Walton, child, John Walton]
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A.
John Walton Sr.
John Walton Sr. is the hardworking, principled Depression-era family patriarch from the television series "The Waltons."
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B.
John B. Walton
John B. Walton was a Confederate artillery officer best known for commanding the Washington Artillery of New Orleans during the American Civil War.
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C.
Gene L. Coon
Gene L. Coon was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on the original Star Trek series, where he helped shape much of its mythology and tone.
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D.
Walter Russell Lambuth
Walter Russell Lambuth was an American Methodist missionary and bishop known for his pioneering work in Christian education and church planting in Asia, including helping establish institutions such as Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan.
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E.
George Smith
George Smith was a 19th-century British Assyriologist best known for discovering and translating the Epic of Gilgamesh from cuneiform tablets.
- 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: John Walton Triple: [Sam Walton, child, John Walton]
Generated description
John Walton is one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Walton Target entity description: John Walton is one of the sons of Sam Walton, the founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club.
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A.
John Walton Sr.
John Walton Sr. is the hardworking, principled Depression-era family patriarch from the television series "The Waltons."
-
B.
John B. Walton
John B. Walton was a Confederate artillery officer best known for commanding the Washington Artillery of New Orleans during the American Civil War.
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C.
Gene L. Coon
Gene L. Coon was an American television writer and producer best known for his influential work on the original Star Trek series, where he helped shape much of its mythology and tone.
-
D.
Walter Russell Lambuth
Walter Russell Lambuth was an American Methodist missionary and bishop known for his pioneering work in Christian education and church planting in Asia, including helping establish institutions such as Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan.
-
E.
George Smith
George Smith was a 19th-century British Assyriologist best known for discovering and translating the Epic of Gilgamesh from cuneiform tablets.
- 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_69ca847162c48190b079076c9595513c |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd7fee13a88190b4532fb92ddaf401 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d122cd0728819088f6c832cd90d832 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:40 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d12350baa08190b08f619391acbd75 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d123af901c819098bb1401846f0daf |
completed | April 4, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.