Triple
T10159880
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Worboys road sign system |
E233860
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Herbert Worboys
Herbert Worboys was a British official and designer best known for creating the Worboys Committee’s modern road sign system that transformed traffic signage in the United Kingdom.
|
E845488
|
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: Herbert Worboys | Statement: [Worboys road sign system, namedAfter, Herbert Worboys]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Worboys Context triple: [Worboys road sign system, namedAfter, Herbert Worboys]
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A.
Cecil Balmond
Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan–British designer, engineer, and theorist renowned for his innovative structural collaborations on landmark architectural projects worldwide.
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B.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
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C.
Stephen Woolley
Stephen Woolley is a British film producer and director best known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including collaborations with director Neil Jordan.
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D.
Colin St John Wilson
Colin St John Wilson was a British architect and academic best known for designing the main building of the British Library in London.
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E.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
- 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: Herbert Worboys Triple: [Worboys road sign system, namedAfter, Herbert Worboys]
Generated description
Herbert Worboys was a British official and designer best known for creating the Worboys Committee’s modern road sign system that transformed traffic signage in the United Kingdom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herbert Worboys Target entity description: Herbert Worboys was a British official and designer best known for creating the Worboys Committee’s modern road sign system that transformed traffic signage in the United Kingdom.
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A.
Cecil Balmond
Cecil Balmond is a Sri Lankan–British designer, engineer, and theorist renowned for his innovative structural collaborations on landmark architectural projects worldwide.
-
B.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
-
C.
Stephen Woolley
Stephen Woolley is a British film producer and director best known for his work on acclaimed independent and art-house films, including collaborations with director Neil Jordan.
-
D.
Colin St John Wilson
Colin St John Wilson was a British architect and academic best known for designing the main building of the British Library in London.
-
E.
Fred Jowett
Fred Jowett was a British socialist politician and early Labour Party figure who served as MP for Bradford and helped shape the party’s formative policies and organization.
- 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_69ca848e80748190b91d1e04d35512c7 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdec5831e481909b48fdfa8f1c670b |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d300b7b3108190a8e7581193c322be |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d30254aabc8190966a4398c59a851e |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d30305924c8190998cbefa372dca9a |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:09 p.m.