Triple
T10411282
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Railway Series |
E245395
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasIllustrator |
P2761
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John T. Kenney
John T. Kenney was a British illustrator best known for his work on several mid-20th-century volumes of the children's book series "The Railway Series" featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
|
E862036
|
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 T. Kenney | Statement: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, John T. Kenney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John T. Kenney Context triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, John T. Kenney]
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A.
Fran DeWine
Fran DeWine is an American public figure and advocate, known as the longtime wife of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and for her community and charitable work in the state.
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B.
Justin Francis Rigali
Justin Francis Rigali is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who has served in prominent leadership roles, including as Archbishop of St. Louis and later Philadelphia.
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C.
Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr. is an American Republican politician from New Jersey who has served in both state and federal office and is part of the prominent Kean political family.
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D.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
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E.
Michael J. McCulley
Michael J. McCulley is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy submariner who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.
- 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 T. Kenney Triple: [The Railway Series, hasIllustrator, John T. Kenney]
Generated description
John T. Kenney was a British illustrator best known for his work on several mid-20th-century volumes of the children's book series "The Railway Series" featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John T. Kenney Target entity description: John T. Kenney was a British illustrator best known for his work on several mid-20th-century volumes of the children's book series "The Railway Series" featuring Thomas the Tank Engine.
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A.
Fran DeWine
Fran DeWine is an American public figure and advocate, known as the longtime wife of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and for her community and charitable work in the state.
-
B.
Justin Francis Rigali
Justin Francis Rigali is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who has served in prominent leadership roles, including as Archbishop of St. Louis and later Philadelphia.
-
C.
Thomas Kean Jr.
Thomas Kean Jr. is an American Republican politician from New Jersey who has served in both state and federal office and is part of the prominent Kean political family.
-
D.
Thomas R. Kline
Thomas R. Kline is a prominent American trial lawyer and philanthropist known for major contributions to legal education and high-profile civil litigation.
-
E.
Michael J. McCulley
Michael J. McCulley is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy submariner who served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission.
- 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_69d381be340c8190b05998703d42d224 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d4e9fc72d081908d81c71133973daf |
completed | April 7, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d7fbfae96c8190ac496e9a1158afe4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d822d6a0188190a7ee6de5aab50486 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d859e40bf88190a6dc8deed3049d31 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 12:09 p.m.