Triple

T1056613
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Withering E22809 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Withering
Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
 E121331 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: Withering | Statement: [William Withering, familyName, Withering]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Withering
Context triple: [William Withering, familyName, Withering]
  • A. Nausinous
    Nausinous is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the sons of the nymph Calypso and the hero Odysseus.
  • B. Jaded
    "Jaded" is a song by the American rock band Insomniac.
  • C. Nasty
    "Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
  • D. Vicious
    Vicious is a British sitcom starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a long-term gay couple navigating their acerbic yet affectionate relationship in London.
  • E. Cold
    "Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
  • 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: Withering
Triple: [William Withering, familyName, Withering]
Generated description
Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Withering
Target entity description: Withering is a surname most notably associated with William Withering, the 18th-century English physician and botanist who pioneered the medical use of digitalis from the foxglove plant.
  • A. Nausinous
    Nausinous is a minor figure in Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the sons of the nymph Calypso and the hero Odysseus.
  • B. Jaded
    "Jaded" is a song by the American rock band Insomniac.
  • C. Nasty
    "Nasty" is a 1986 hit single by Janet Jackson, known for its assertive lyrics, pioneering new jack swing sound, and iconic "nasty boys" refrain.
  • D. Vicious
    Vicious is a British sitcom starring Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen as a long-term gay couple navigating their acerbic yet affectionate relationship in London.
  • E. Cold
    "Cold" is a song by GOOD Music, best known for its collaboration between Kanye West and DJ Khaled that blends braggadocious lyrics with a hard-hitting, minimalist beat.
  • 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_69a493dada0481909c43649f9843ea91 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b8da80dc8190b79beaf509910725 completed March 1, 2026, 10:08 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac3bd110ac8190b66163de42bd3034 completed March 7, 2026, 2:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac3d4b32348190883244f2b8af32a0 completed March 7, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac3dbf5c70819084a942fc97a9b50f completed March 7, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.