Triple
T11429557
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Neanderthals |
E270842
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedBy |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William King
William King was a 19th-century Irish geologist and paleontologist best known for being the first to propose Neanderthals as a distinct human species.
|
E924910
|
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: William King | Statement: [Neanderthals, namedBy, William King]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William King Context triple: [Neanderthals, namedBy, William King]
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A.
William King
William King is an American musician best known as a founding trumpeter and horn player of the funk and soul band The Commodores.
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B.
William King
William King was an American politician and merchant who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine after it separated from Massachusetts in 1820.
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C.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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D.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
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E.
William Howard
William Howard is a notable individual who shares the Howard surname, which is historically associated with prominent figures in politics, nobility, and public life.
- 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: William King Triple: [Neanderthals, namedBy, William King]
Generated description
William King was a 19th-century Irish geologist and paleontologist best known for being the first to propose Neanderthals as a distinct human species.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William King Target entity description: William King was a 19th-century Irish geologist and paleontologist best known for being the first to propose Neanderthals as a distinct human species.
-
A.
William King
William King is an American musician best known as a founding trumpeter and horn player of the funk and soul band The Commodores.
-
B.
William King
William King was an American politician and merchant who became the first governor of the U.S. state of Maine after it separated from Massachusetts in 1820.
-
C.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
-
D.
William Arthur
William Arthur was an Irish-born Baptist minister best known as the father of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.
-
E.
William Howard
William Howard is a notable individual who shares the Howard surname, which is historically associated with prominent figures in politics, nobility, and public life.
- 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_69d6aadeef688190874bcecd88b3dd9b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d806c1bfb881909720c74fe0fa837f |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e5b8d923688190bb4d61d57768e10e |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:25 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69e5c28e2dd481909b45a43b5825f393 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:07 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69e5c4722c348190a4c49edb1f6df240 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.