Triple

T1181722
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thompson E25151 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Silvanus P. Thompson
Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
E141730 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: Silvanus P. Thompson | Statement: [Thompson, hasNotableBearer, Silvanus P. Thompson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silvanus P. Thompson
Context triple: [Thompson, hasNotableBearer, Silvanus P. Thompson]
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Alexander Lyman Holley
    Alexander Lyman Holley was a prominent 19th-century American mechanical engineer and steel industry pioneer who helped introduce and advance the Bessemer process in the United States.
  • C. Joseph Henry West
    Joseph Henry West is the full legal name of Joe West, a character commonly known in popular media under his shorter, informal name.
  • D. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • E. Joseph Henry White
    Joseph Henry White, better known as Jo Jo White, was an American Hall of Fame basketball player famed for his standout career with the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
  • 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: Silvanus P. Thompson
Triple: [Thompson, hasNotableBearer, Silvanus P. Thompson]
Generated description
Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Silvanus P. Thompson
Target entity description: Silvanus P. Thompson was a British physicist and electrical engineer known for his influential work in electromagnetism and for popularizing science through his writings and lectures.
  • A. Elihu Thomson
    Elihu Thomson was a pioneering electrical engineer and inventor whose work in power systems and lighting helped shape the early electrical industry and led to the formation of General Electric.
  • B. Alexander Lyman Holley
    Alexander Lyman Holley was a prominent 19th-century American mechanical engineer and steel industry pioneer who helped introduce and advance the Bessemer process in the United States.
  • C. Joseph Henry West
    Joseph Henry West is the full legal name of Joe West, a character commonly known in popular media under his shorter, informal name.
  • D. Edward Nichols
    Edward Nichols was a physicist best known for founding the influential scientific journal Physical Review.
  • E. Joseph Henry White
    Joseph Henry White, better known as Jo Jo White, was an American Hall of Fame basketball player famed for his standout career with the Boston Celtics in the 1970s.
  • 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_69a494267b4c819088c97a59182bf56a completed March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4bd347d4481909e9094463011289d completed March 1, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac8f6d4e788190b993dc2bdd69ed26 completed March 7, 2026, 8:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac8fe33f2c8190bd2ea9dfa9744a3a completed March 7, 2026, 8:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac90412d3881909278a9a6c6536ce3 completed March 7, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.