Triple
T11253276
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Board of Longitude |
E266373
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableAssociatedPerson |
P1481
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Nevil Maskelyne |
E342407
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Nevil Maskelyne | Statement: [Board of Longitude, notableAssociatedPerson, Nevil Maskelyne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nevil Maskelyne Context triple: [Board of Longitude, notableAssociatedPerson, Nevil Maskelyne]
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A.
Nevil Maskelyne
chosen
Nevil Maskelyne was an 18th-century British astronomer best known for improving navigation at sea through his work on the Nautical Almanac and for conducting the famous Schiehallion experiment to measure Earth's density.
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B.
Dr Vesey Stanhope
Dr Vesey Stanhope is a worldly, indolent clergyman and patriarch of a troublesome family in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, most notably in "Barchester Towers."
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C.
William Marsden
William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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D.
Andrew Crommelin
Andrew Crommelin was a British astronomer known for his work on comet orbits and his role in early 20th-century observational expeditions.
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E.
James Houghton
James Houghton is an American actor best known for his role as Kenny Ward on the long-running prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d6aac7953c8190b82caf9d7640fdf9 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d7e933648481909873094bc89ed041 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 6 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e4cc941d34819099ae30713bdd03e5 |
completed | April 19, 2026, 12:37 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.