Triple

T12355547
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paton E294601 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Paton
John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
E979893 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: John Paton | Statement: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, John Paton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Paton
Context triple: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, John Paton]
  • A. Samuel Marsden
    Samuel Marsden was an influential early 19th-century Anglican clergyman and missionary in Australia and New Zealand, known for his role in establishing Christian missions and his controversial reputation as the “flogging parson.”
  • B. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor was a pioneering 19th-century British Protestant missionary who greatly expanded Christian mission work in inland China and became a key figure in the history of modern missions.
  • C. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor is an Irish folk-pop duo of brothers known for their melodic harmonies and acoustic-driven songs.
  • D. Robert Moffat
    Robert Moffat was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and Bible translator renowned for his pioneering work in southern Africa and for being the father-in-law of explorer David Livingstone.
  • E. Adoniram Judson
    Adoniram Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary best known for his long-term work in Burma, where he translated the Bible into Burmese and helped establish a lasting Christian presence.
  • 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: John Paton
Triple: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, John Paton]
Generated description
John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Paton
Target entity description: John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
  • A. Samuel Marsden
    Samuel Marsden was an influential early 19th-century Anglican clergyman and missionary in Australia and New Zealand, known for his role in establishing Christian missions and his controversial reputation as the “flogging parson.”
  • B. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor was a pioneering 19th-century British Protestant missionary who greatly expanded Christian mission work in inland China and became a key figure in the history of modern missions.
  • C. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor is an Irish folk-pop duo of brothers known for their melodic harmonies and acoustic-driven songs.
  • D. Robert Moffat
    Robert Moffat was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and Bible translator renowned for his pioneering work in southern Africa and for being the father-in-law of explorer David Livingstone.
  • E. Adoniram Judson
    Adoniram Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary best known for his long-term work in Burma, where he translated the Bible into Burmese and helped establish a lasting Christian presence.
  • 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_69d6ab6ccbec8190b09e2d357aa80064 completed April 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d93f8bc60c8190b0ceb84093e70db4 completed April 10, 2026, 6:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62ab4cdec8190849604ef2ec498ba completed May 2, 2026, 4:47 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be420308190bcb00d8b37b09ea2 completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f63050f5d48190881688d12c4c1819 completed May 2, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:54 p.m.