Triple

T10050591
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mason Science College E207735 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Sir Josiah Mason
Sir Josiah Mason was a 19th-century English industrialist and philanthropist best known for his extensive charitable work in education and the founding of institutions that later became part of the University of Birmingham.
E861229 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: Sir Josiah Mason | Statement: [Mason Science College, foundedBy, Sir Josiah Mason]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Josiah Mason
Context triple: [Mason Science College, foundedBy, Sir Josiah Mason]
  • A. William Mason
    William Mason was an 18th-century English poet, clergyman, and close associate of Thomas Gray, known for his influential role in literary and artistic circles.
  • B. Sir Joseph Hickson
    Sir Joseph Hickson was a prominent 19th-century Canadian railway executive who played a key leadership role in the expansion and management of the Grand Trunk Railway.
  • C. William Massey
    William Massey was a prominent early 20th-century New Zealand politician who led the Reform Party and served as the country’s Prime Minister from 1912 to 1925.
  • D. Charles Green Bingham
    Charles Green Bingham was a notable British philhellene known for his support of the Greek cause during the Greek War of Independence.
  • E. Frederick A. P. Barnard
    Frederick A. P. Barnard was a 19th-century American educator and longtime president of Columbia College, known for his advocacy of higher education for women and for whom Barnard College is named.
  • 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: Sir Josiah Mason
Triple: [Mason Science College, foundedBy, Sir Josiah Mason]
Generated description
Sir Josiah Mason was a 19th-century English industrialist and philanthropist best known for his extensive charitable work in education and the founding of institutions that later became part of the University of Birmingham.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Josiah Mason
Target entity description: Sir Josiah Mason was a 19th-century English industrialist and philanthropist best known for his extensive charitable work in education and the founding of institutions that later became part of the University of Birmingham.
  • A. William Mason
    William Mason was an 18th-century English poet, clergyman, and close associate of Thomas Gray, known for his influential role in literary and artistic circles.
  • B. Sir Joseph Hickson
    Sir Joseph Hickson was a prominent 19th-century Canadian railway executive who played a key leadership role in the expansion and management of the Grand Trunk Railway.
  • C. William Massey
    William Massey was a prominent early 20th-century New Zealand politician who led the Reform Party and served as the country’s Prime Minister from 1912 to 1925.
  • D. Charles Green Bingham
    Charles Green Bingham was a notable British philhellene known for his support of the Greek cause during the Greek War of Independence.
  • E. Frederick A. P. Barnard
    Frederick A. P. Barnard was a 19th-century American educator and longtime president of Columbia College, known for his advocacy of higher education for women and for whom Barnard College is named.
  • 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_69ca835ad0608190b7c80b292da004f5 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdcf8fb23c8190b48b30cb2368dc1f completed April 2, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d7fb12ac9c819087a182c12653792c completed April 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d822d303888190aa556287b3b1cc03 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d859b05a3881908c97cb173d160e44 completed April 10, 2026, 2 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:56 p.m.