Triple
T11079181
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of the Royal Academy of Engineering |
E261941
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableOfficeHolder |
P5750
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Professor Sir Jim McDonald
Professor Sir Jim McDonald is a Scottish engineer and academic leader renowned for his contributions to power systems and energy engineering and for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
|
E903699
|
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: Professor Sir Jim McDonald | Statement: [President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, notableOfficeHolder, Professor Sir Jim McDonald]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Sir Jim McDonald Context triple: [President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, notableOfficeHolder, Professor Sir Jim McDonald]
-
A.
Dr. Mark Clyne
Dr. Mark Clyne is the central protagonist of the sci-fi action film "Spectral," a brilliant DARPA scientist who investigates mysterious ghost-like entities threatening soldiers in a war-torn city.
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B.
Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse is a Nobel Prize–winning British geneticist and cell biologist renowned for his discoveries on cell cycle regulation and his leadership of major scientific institutions.
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C.
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Dr. Stephen Fleming is the middle-aged British politician and family man whose obsessive, destructive affair drives the psychological drama in the film "Damage."
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D.
Richard G. Wilkinson
Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
-
E.
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely is a prominent British psychiatrist and academic known for his influential research on chronic fatigue syndrome, military health, and the interface between medicine and mental health.
- 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: Professor Sir Jim McDonald Triple: [President of the Royal Academy of Engineering, notableOfficeHolder, Professor Sir Jim McDonald]
Generated description
Professor Sir Jim McDonald is a Scottish engineer and academic leader renowned for his contributions to power systems and energy engineering and for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Professor Sir Jim McDonald Target entity description: Professor Sir Jim McDonald is a Scottish engineer and academic leader renowned for his contributions to power systems and energy engineering and for serving as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde.
-
A.
Dr. Mark Clyne
Dr. Mark Clyne is the central protagonist of the sci-fi action film "Spectral," a brilliant DARPA scientist who investigates mysterious ghost-like entities threatening soldiers in a war-torn city.
-
B.
Sir Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Nurse is a Nobel Prize–winning British geneticist and cell biologist renowned for his discoveries on cell cycle regulation and his leadership of major scientific institutions.
-
C.
Dr. Stephen Fleming
Dr. Stephen Fleming is the middle-aged British politician and family man whose obsessive, destructive affair drives the psychological drama in the film "Damage."
-
D.
Richard G. Wilkinson
Richard G. Wilkinson is a British social epidemiologist known for his influential research on income inequality and its effects on health and social outcomes.
-
E.
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely
Prof. Sir Simon Wessely is a prominent British psychiatrist and academic known for his influential research on chronic fatigue syndrome, military health, and the interface between medicine and mental health.
- 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_69d6aa9983c08190b0ef61603b69feac |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7999603948190934bca3a9151d726 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 12:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e3e77a78288190aa76912e0fa821b5 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 8:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e3f2c889dc81909a04c1db0509e3d9 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e3f4746dbc8190a0e28202ad5e6b4f |
completed | April 18, 2026, 9:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.