Triple

T10221551
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ernest Gellner E242591 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object John A. Hall
John A. Hall is a Canadian-British sociologist and political theorist known for his work on state formation, nationalism, and civil society, and for his extensive writings on the ideas of Ernest Gellner.
E1029863 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 A. Hall | Statement: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, John A. Hall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Hall
Context triple: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, John A. Hall]
  • A. James N. Hallock
    James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
  • B. James D. Henry
    James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
  • C. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • D. William A. Boring
    William A. Boring was an American architect best known for co-designing the main immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
  • E. John A. T. Hull
    John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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 A. Hall
Triple: [Ernest Gellner, influenced, John A. Hall]
Generated description
John A. Hall is a Canadian-British sociologist and political theorist known for his work on state formation, nationalism, and civil society, and for his extensive writings on the ideas of Ernest Gellner.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John A. Hall
Target entity description: John A. Hall is a Canadian-British sociologist and political theorist known for his work on state formation, nationalism, and civil society, and for his extensive writings on the ideas of Ernest Gellner.
  • A. James N. Hallock
    James N. Hallock is an American physicist and aerospace safety expert known for his work in flight dynamics and his role in high-level investigations of space shuttle safety.
  • B. James D. Henry
    James D. Henry was an American militia officer best known for leading U.S. forces against Black Hawk’s band during the Black Hawk War of 1832.
  • C. John A. Hardenbrook
    John A. Hardenbrook was one of the early New York City brokers who helped found what became the New York Stock Exchange by signing the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement.
  • D. William A. Boring
    William A. Boring was an American architect best known for co-designing the main immigration station buildings on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
  • E. John A. T. Hull
    John A. T. Hull was an American politician and public official from Iowa who served as a U.S. Representative and held several state offices in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d3aa740db88190ba707226e36de0ed completed April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f70a0e90e48190af6b802697d3256f completed May 3, 2026, 8:40 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f70c42d5008190bcd6275054637448 completed May 3, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f70ce60a7081908f9498fcfec98e90 completed May 3, 2026, 8:52 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:09 a.m.