Triple

T12355548
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paton E294601 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Norman Paton
Norman Paton is a British computer scientist known for his research in databases, distributed systems, and data management.
E979894 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: Norman Paton | Statement: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, Norman Paton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Paton
Context triple: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, Norman Paton]
  • A. Hugh MacLennan
    Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
  • B. Margaret Laurence
    Margaret Laurence was a prominent Canadian novelist and short story writer whose works, including "The Stone Angel" and "The Diviners," are central to the development of modern Canadian literature.
  • C. Sinclair Ross
    Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
  • D. Robertson Davies
    Robertson Davies was a renowned Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, and professor best known for works such as the Deptford Trilogy and his influential role in 20th-century Canadian literature.
  • E. Alistair MacLeod
    Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
  • 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: Norman Paton
Triple: [Paton, hasNotableBearer, Norman Paton]
Generated description
Norman Paton is a British computer scientist known for his research in databases, distributed systems, and data management.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Norman Paton
Target entity description: Norman Paton is a British computer scientist known for his research in databases, distributed systems, and data management.
  • A. Hugh MacLennan
    Hugh MacLennan was a prominent 20th-century Canadian novelist and essayist whose works, such as "Barometer Rising" and "Two Solitudes," helped define modern Canadian literature and national identity.
  • B. Margaret Laurence
    Margaret Laurence was a prominent Canadian novelist and short story writer whose works, including "The Stone Angel" and "The Diviners," are central to the development of modern Canadian literature.
  • C. Sinclair Ross
    Sinclair Ross was a Canadian author best known for his prairie novel "As For Me and My House," a cornerstone of mid-20th-century Canadian literature.
  • D. Robertson Davies
    Robertson Davies was a renowned Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, and professor best known for works such as the Deptford Trilogy and his influential role in 20th-century Canadian literature.
  • E. Alistair MacLeod
    Alistair MacLeod was a Canadian author renowned for his powerful short stories and the novel "No Great Mischief," which vividly depict the lives of Cape Breton’s Scottish-descended communities.
  • 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.