Triple

T11025061
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Spottiswoode E260596 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode
John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode was a Scottish laird and member of the landed gentry associated with the historic Spottiswoode family estate.
E900497 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 Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode | Statement: [John Spottiswoode, father, John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode
Context triple: [John Spottiswoode, father, John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode]
  • A. William Spottiswoode
    William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
  • B. Charles Lang
    Charles Lang was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • C. Roy Winsor
    Roy Winsor was an American television writer and producer best known as a pioneering creator of long-running daytime soap operas.
  • D. Henry Churchill DeMille
    Henry Churchill DeMille was an American playwright and screenwriter of the late 19th century whose work helped lay early foundations for popular American theater.
  • E. John Bainbridge
    John Bainbridge was a 17th-century English astronomer and physician noted for his early telescopic observations and influential astronomical writings.
  • 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 Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode
Triple: [John Spottiswoode, father, John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode]
Generated description
John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode was a Scottish laird and member of the landed gentry associated with the historic Spottiswoode family estate.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode
Target entity description: John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode was a Scottish laird and member of the landed gentry associated with the historic Spottiswoode family estate.
  • A. William Spottiswoode
    William Spottiswoode was a 19th-century British mathematician, physicist, and printer who served as President of the Royal Society and made notable contributions to the study of optics and mathematical physics.
  • B. Charles Lang
    Charles Lang was an acclaimed American cinematographer known for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films across several decades.
  • C. Roy Winsor
    Roy Winsor was an American television writer and producer best known as a pioneering creator of long-running daytime soap operas.
  • D. Henry Churchill DeMille
    Henry Churchill DeMille was an American playwright and screenwriter of the late 19th century whose work helped lay early foundations for popular American theater.
  • E. John Bainbridge
    John Bainbridge was a 17th-century English astronomer and physician noted for his early telescopic observations and influential astronomical writings.
  • 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_69d6aa9687448190b28d353b1b6a610e completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d797bf78a48190a37b423812827d4e completed April 9, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e37523f8548190ad40fa76660232a8 completed April 18, 2026, 12:12 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e37ab860f48190808ba0076cfa9c98 completed April 18, 2026, 12:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3864dd0d48190b3fd81381f5d7418 completed April 18, 2026, 1:25 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:25 p.m.