Triple
T11553159
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland |
E273944
|
entity |
| Predicate | companionWorkAuthor |
P46832
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Boswell |
E273948
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Boswell | Statement: [A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, companionWorkAuthor, James Boswell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Boswell Context triple: [A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, companionWorkAuthor, James Boswell]
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A.
James Boswell
chosen
James Boswell was an 18th-century Scottish lawyer, diarist, and biographer best known for writing the seminal biography "The Life of Samuel Johnson."
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B.
Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet
Sir Alexander Boswell, 1st Baronet, was a Scottish poet, songwriter, and politician of the early 19th century, known both for his literary contributions and his fatal duel arising from political disputes.
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C.
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck was an 18th-century Scottish judge and laird, best known as the father of the biographer James Boswell and a prominent member of the Boswell family.
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D.
Richard Macaulay
Richard Macaulay was an American screenwriter active during Hollywood’s classic studio era, known for his work on crime dramas and film noirs.
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E.
Henry Brougham
Henry Brougham was a 19th-century Anglican bishop known for his ecclesiastical leadership and service within the Church of England.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: companionWorkAuthor Context triple: [A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, companionWorkAuthor, James Boswell]
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A.
authorOfCompanionWork
Indicates that one entity is the creator or writer of another entity that serves as a companion or supplementary work to a primary work.
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B.
workOfAuthorOf
chosen
Indicates that one entity is a work (such as a book, article, or artwork) created by the author associated with another entity.
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C.
associatedWithAuthorWork
Indicates a relationship where an author is connected to a work they created, contributed to, or are otherwise credited for.
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D.
workBySameAuthorAs
Indicates that two works share the same author, i.e., they were created by the same person or entity.
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E.
coAuthorAlsoWrote
Indicates that a person who is a co-author of one work also wrote another work, linking shared authorship across multiple creations.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d6aae4dfa48190a3ab0b19a159a3c5 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d88a85b9ac8190a57c1fdaeacbe3d6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 5:28 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69e6e851a6688190996580a077496833 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 3 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69d8087e57b48190a4c253dc0210f9d4 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:13 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:37 p.m.