Triple
T1056687
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Whitehurst |
E22810
|
entity |
| Predicate | educatedBy |
P335
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Thomas Whitehurst
Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
|
E160284
|
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: Thomas Whitehurst | Statement: [John Whitehurst, educatedBy, Thomas Whitehurst]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Whitehurst Context triple: [John Whitehurst, educatedBy, Thomas Whitehurst]
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A.
William Tracy
William Tracy was an American film actor best known for his comedic roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.
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B.
Leon Moisseiff
Leon Moisseiff was a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer known for pioneering deflection theory in suspension bridge design and contributing to several major American bridges.
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C.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
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D.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
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E.
John Haviland
John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
- 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: Thomas Whitehurst Triple: [John Whitehurst, educatedBy, Thomas Whitehurst]
Generated description
Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Whitehurst Target entity description: Thomas Whitehurst was an educator and mentor known for teaching and influencing the English clockmaker and scientist John Whitehurst.
-
A.
William Tracy
William Tracy was an American film actor best known for his comedic roles in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood movies.
-
B.
Leon Moisseiff
Leon Moisseiff was a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer known for pioneering deflection theory in suspension bridge design and contributing to several major American bridges.
-
C.
James Gamble Rogers
James Gamble Rogers was an American architect best known for designing many of Yale University's Collegiate Gothic buildings in the early 20th century.
-
D.
Edward Nichols
Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
-
E.
John Haviland
John Haviland was a prominent 19th-century British-born American architect best known for pioneering radial-plan prison designs and influencing modern penitentiary architecture.
- 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_69acde0311d88190a3cd04c7e00253e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acdfabfd3c8190960d8621b49284a8 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:32 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ace0ea9d1c8190a73ed43b0a7bbd2f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:42 p.m.