Triple

T11821078
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gary Best E281128 entity
Predicate nameUsedBy P2937 FINISHED
Object Gary Best (historian)
Gary Best (historian) is a British historian known for his work on modern British political history and the Conservative Party.
 E948296 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: Gary Best (historian) | Statement: [Gary Best, nameUsedBy, Gary Best (historian)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Best (historian)
Context triple: [Gary Best, nameUsedBy, Gary Best (historian)]
  • A. Brian Harrison (historian)
    Brian Harrison is a British historian known for his work on modern British social and political history and for serving as editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • B. Alan Sked
    Alan Sked is a British historian and political activist best known as the founder of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
  • C. Alan Fairford
    Alan Fairford is a conscientious young Scottish lawyer who serves as one of the central protagonists in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Redgauntlet."
  • D. J. B. Bury
    J. B. Bury was an Irish historian and classical scholar renowned for his works on ancient Greece and Rome and for advancing the study of Byzantine history.
  • E. John Guy
    John Guy is a British historian and biographer best known for his acclaimed works on Tudor history, including a major biography of Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 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: Gary Best (historian)
Triple: [Gary Best, nameUsedBy, Gary Best (historian)]
Generated description
Gary Best (historian) is a British historian known for his work on modern British political history and the Conservative Party.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Gary Best (historian)
Target entity description: Gary Best (historian) is a British historian known for his work on modern British political history and the Conservative Party.
  • A. Brian Harrison (historian)
    Brian Harrison is a British historian known for his work on modern British social and political history and for serving as editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • B. Alan Sked
    Alan Sked is a British historian and political activist best known as the founder of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
  • C. Alan Fairford
    Alan Fairford is a conscientious young Scottish lawyer who serves as one of the central protagonists in Sir Walter Scott’s novel "Redgauntlet."
  • D. J. B. Bury
    J. B. Bury was an Irish historian and classical scholar renowned for his works on ancient Greece and Rome and for advancing the study of Byzantine history.
  • E. John Guy
    John Guy is a British historian and biographer best known for his acclaimed works on Tudor history, including a major biography of Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 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_69d6ab26aae88190b2489efcb2a24234 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a5e87e488190905bc3bb6d721e56 completed April 10, 2026, 7:25 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f131e1891081909cfbd9e2eb168808 completed April 28, 2026, 10:17 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f14e8a1b788190a1704d6e102342e3 completed April 29, 2026, 12:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f15715a1588190ba0ec21647adc57c completed April 29, 2026, 12:55 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:42 p.m.