Triple
T12098121
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles |
E288121
|
entity |
| Predicate | editor |
P1954
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Alexander Craigie
William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known for his major role in editing the Oxford English Dictionary and for his influential work on English and Scandinavian languages.
|
E982046
|
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 Alexander Craigie | Statement: [A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, editor, William Alexander Craigie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Craigie Context triple: [A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, editor, William Alexander Craigie]
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A.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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B.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
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C.
James Maclehose
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- 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 Alexander Craigie Triple: [A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, editor, William Alexander Craigie]
Generated description
William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known for his major role in editing the Oxford English Dictionary and for his influential work on English and Scandinavian languages.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Craigie Target entity description: William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known for his major role in editing the Oxford English Dictionary and for his influential work on English and Scandinavian languages.
-
A.
George Fergusson
George Fergusson is a British diplomat who has served as Governor of Bermuda and held various senior positions in the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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B.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
-
C.
James Maclehose
James Maclehose was the husband of Agnes Maclehose, the 18th-century Scottish woman known for her celebrated correspondence with poet Robert Burns.
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D.
William Hutchison
William Hutchison is a relatively obscure individual whose name is notably recorded as a bearer of the surname Hutchison.
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E.
Alexander McDougall
Alexander McDougall was a Scottish-born American merchant, political leader, and Revolutionary War officer who became a prominent patriot voice in New York before and during the American Revolution.
- 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_69d6ab4964708190850585628b287b0c |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d9155465388190bbe52453c9b11912 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f63456d8dc8190b788957a37b985ca |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6386304c08190b629d51fd0abcefa |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:46 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f63900ea248190bf59c1123ea78372 |
completed | May 2, 2026, 5:48 p.m. |
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:48 p.m.