Triple

T10678323
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alcock E251675 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object George Alcock
George Alcock was a British amateur astronomer renowned for his discovery of several comets and novae in the mid-20th century.
E878772 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: George Alcock | Statement: [Alcock, hasNotableBearer, George Alcock]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Alcock
Context triple: [Alcock, hasNotableBearer, George Alcock]
  • A. William Barclay Parsons
    William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
  • B. Roy Fedden
    Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. William Friese-Greene
    William Friese-Greene was a British inventor and early pioneer of motion picture technology, known for his experimental work on moving-image cameras in the late 19th century.
  • D. William Jaggard
    William Jaggard was a London printer and publisher best known for producing the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays.
  • E. Alliott Verdon Roe
    Alliott Verdon Roe was a pioneering British aviation engineer and entrepreneur who founded one of the earliest and most influential aircraft manufacturing companies.
  • 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: George Alcock
Triple: [Alcock, hasNotableBearer, George Alcock]
Generated description
George Alcock was a British amateur astronomer renowned for his discovery of several comets and novae in the mid-20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Alcock
Target entity description: George Alcock was a British amateur astronomer renowned for his discovery of several comets and novae in the mid-20th century.
  • A. William Barclay Parsons
    William Barclay Parsons was an American civil engineer best known as the chief engineer responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of New York City's original subway system.
  • B. Roy Fedden
    Roy Fedden was a prominent British aircraft engine designer and engineer, best known for his influential work on piston engines that powered many Royal Air Force aircraft in the early to mid-20th century.
  • C. William Friese-Greene
    William Friese-Greene was a British inventor and early pioneer of motion picture technology, known for his experimental work on moving-image cameras in the late 19th century.
  • D. William Jaggard
    William Jaggard was a London printer and publisher best known for producing the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays.
  • E. Alliott Verdon Roe
    Alliott Verdon Roe was a pioneering British aviation engineer and entrepreneur who founded one of the earliest and most influential aircraft manufacturing companies.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fb9684e48190b2786823723cde6c completed April 9, 2026, 1:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d9887e974c81908c4943339ea9a93f completed April 10, 2026, 11:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d98aea391c81909ec64a29053c35c1 completed April 10, 2026, 11:42 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d98c013348819094bde38a057257b4 completed April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.