Triple

T9573059
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Turner E230972 entity
Predicate sharesNameWith P15168 FINISHED
Object William Turner (philosopher)
William Turner (philosopher) was an American Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his work on medieval thought and for teaching at institutions such as the Catholic University of America.
E807705 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 Turner (philosopher) | Statement: [William Turner, sharesNameWith, William Turner (philosopher)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Turner (philosopher)
Context triple: [William Turner, sharesNameWith, William Turner (philosopher)]
  • A. William Irwin (philosopher)
    William Irwin is an American philosopher and professor best known for pioneering and editing the popular culture and philosophy book series, including titles like "Seinfeld and Philosophy" and "The Simpsons and Philosophy."
  • B. William Bates (philosopher)
    William Bates was a 17th-century English Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential Puritan sermons and devotional writings.
  • C. John Cottingham
    John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • D. Frederick Ayer
    Frederick Ayer was an American industrialist and businessman known for his leadership in the textile industry and his role in building major manufacturing enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Philpot
    John Philpot was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and archdeacon who became a prominent Marian martyr after being executed for his religious beliefs under Queen Mary I.
  • 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 Turner (philosopher)
Triple: [William Turner, sharesNameWith, William Turner (philosopher)]
Generated description
William Turner (philosopher) was an American Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his work on medieval thought and for teaching at institutions such as the Catholic University of America.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Turner (philosopher)
Target entity description: William Turner (philosopher) was an American Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy known for his work on medieval thought and for teaching at institutions such as the Catholic University of America.
  • A. William Irwin (philosopher)
    William Irwin is an American philosopher and professor best known for pioneering and editing the popular culture and philosophy book series, including titles like "Seinfeld and Philosophy" and "The Simpsons and Philosophy."
  • B. William Bates (philosopher)
    William Bates was a 17th-century English Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential Puritan sermons and devotional writings.
  • C. John Cottingham
    John Cottingham is a British philosopher renowned for his influential scholarship on early modern philosophy, especially Descartes, and for his work in moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion.
  • D. Frederick Ayer
    Frederick Ayer was an American industrialist and businessman known for his leadership in the textile industry and his role in building major manufacturing enterprises in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Philpot
    John Philpot was a 16th-century English Protestant clergyman and archdeacon who became a prominent Marian martyr after being executed for his religious beliefs under Queen Mary I.
  • 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_69ca847f22188190a56e4a97625bef22 completed March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd998d79cc8190b94e5953915a5fa4 completed April 1, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d152bf5c548190b6c33cc49e418ef7 completed April 4, 2026, 6:04 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d15404e9508190b5d9f1239586ab9a completed April 4, 2026, 6:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1546a503c81908edc9588adabc172 completed April 4, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:04 p.m.