Triple

T10985283
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gloucester and Berkeley Canal E259612 entity
Predicate engineer P184 FINISHED
Object James Dadford
James Dadford was a British civil engineer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
E898168 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: James Dadford | Statement: [Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, engineer, James Dadford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dadford
Context triple: [Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, engineer, James Dadford]
  • A. James Scott Rockford
    James Scott Rockford is the fictional private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by actor James Garner.
  • B. Joe Foster
    Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
  • C. Joe Foster
    Joe Foster is a British music producer and record label executive best known as a co-founder of the influential indie label Creation Records.
  • D. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • E. Don Traeger
    Don Traeger is a video game industry figure best known as a co-founder of the game development studio Treyarch.
  • 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: James Dadford
Triple: [Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, engineer, James Dadford]
Generated description
James Dadford was a British civil engineer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Dadford
Target entity description: James Dadford was a British civil engineer active in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for his work on canal construction during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • A. James Scott Rockford
    James Scott Rockford is the fictional private investigator protagonist of the 1970s television series "The Rockford Files," portrayed by actor James Garner.
  • B. Joe Foster
    Joe Foster is a British entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the global sportswear brand Reebok.
  • C. Joe Foster
    Joe Foster is a British music producer and record label executive best known as a co-founder of the influential indie label Creation Records.
  • D. Paul Benedict
    Paul Benedict was an American character actor best known for his comedic roles on television and in film, including his portrayal of the eccentric English neighbor Harry Bentley on the sitcom "The Jeffersons."
  • E. Don Traeger
    Don Traeger is a video game industry figure best known as a co-founder of the game development studio Treyarch.
  • 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_69d6aa895f4c8190887a15460ef622f4 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d772ed1eb88190b7333b746f76a088 completed April 9, 2026, 9:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e344d860b08190a035570191c54d7c completed April 18, 2026, 8:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3556e8b408190a02a1fe194ae5750 completed April 18, 2026, 9:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3591ecd548190b049ce95fe3f86d9 completed April 18, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m.