Triple

T101530
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Middle English E2049 entity
Predicate hasNotableAuthor P4244 FINISHED
Object William Langland
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
E10117 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 Langland | Statement: [Middle English, hasNotableAuthor, William Langland]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Langland
Context triple: [Middle English, hasNotableAuthor, William Langland]
  • A. Geoffrey Chaucer
    Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
  • B. Goodwin Knight
    Goodwin Knight was an American Republican politician who served as the 31st governor of California in the 1950s.
  • C. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • D. James Shirley
    James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
  • E. T. S. Eliot
    T. S. Eliot was a seminal 20th-century poet, critic, and playwright, best known for works such as "The Waste Land" and "Four Quartets," which profoundly influenced modernist literature.
  • 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 Langland
Triple: [Middle English, hasNotableAuthor, William Langland]
Generated description
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Langland
Target entity description: William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
  • A. Geoffrey Chaucer
    Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
  • B. Goodwin Knight
    Goodwin Knight was an American Republican politician who served as the 31st governor of California in the 1950s.
  • C. John Gay
    John Gay was an 18th-century English poet and dramatist best known for his ballad opera "The Beggar's Opera."
  • D. James Shirley
    James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
  • E. T. S. Eliot
    T. S. Eliot was a seminal 20th-century poet, critic, and playwright, best known for works such as "The Waste Land" and "Four Quartets," which profoundly influenced modernist literature.
  • 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_69a24e0a5b7c81908d52da08c60dabc4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25b7e2c188190b1dd8aafd4507a99 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:05 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a26c1e3b688190ab90ecf5f2d55e50 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a26e73039481908237b43ed0d7e5b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2748594b0819092da9977b209b5fd completed Feb. 28, 2026, 4:52 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m.