Triple

T12473937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Quentin Skinner E298128 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Skinner
Skinner is a surname most prominently associated with Quentin Skinner, a leading British intellectual historian and political theorist.
 E985543 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: Skinner | Statement: [Quentin Skinner, familyName, Skinner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Skinner
Context triple: [Quentin Skinner, familyName, Skinner]
  • A. Skinner
    Skinner is a fictional member of the J-Squad military unit in the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow."
  • B. Skinner
    Skinner is the antagonistic head chef of Gusteau’s restaurant in Pixar’s animated film "Ratatouille," known for his scheming nature and opposition to the protagonist Remy.
  • C. Skinners
    Skinners were Loyalist irregulars from the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolutionary War, notorious for raiding and plundering in the contested borderlands between British and American forces.
  • D. B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
    B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
  • E. H. W. B. Skinner
    H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
  • 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: Skinner
Triple: [Quentin Skinner, familyName, Skinner]
Generated description
Skinner is a surname most prominently associated with Quentin Skinner, a leading British intellectual historian and political theorist.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Skinner
Target entity description: Skinner is a surname most prominently associated with Quentin Skinner, a leading British intellectual historian and political theorist.
  • A. Skinner
    Skinner is a fictional member of the J-Squad military unit in the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow."
  • B. Skinner
    Skinner is the antagonistic head chef of Gusteau’s restaurant in Pixar’s animated film "Ratatouille," known for his scheming nature and opposition to the protagonist Remy.
  • C. Skinners
    Skinners were Loyalist irregulars from the New Jersey Volunteers during the American Revolutionary War, notorious for raiding and plundering in the contested borderlands between British and American forces.
  • D. B. F. Skinner (born Burrhus Frederic Skinner)
    B. F. Skinner was an influential American psychologist and behaviorist best known for developing the theory of operant conditioning and pioneering experimental analysis of behavior.
  • E. H. W. B. Skinner
    H. W. B. Skinner was a physicist and academic mentor known for supervising future prominent astrophysicist Geoffrey Burbidge.
  • 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_69d6ada270808190b1a2b2e7b02bb426 completed April 8, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d94dca022c819082138fd4d08516da completed April 10, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f63f2373308190b41aafa635c8de5e completed May 2, 2026, 6:14 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6437e88c881909b7f1d55c11b0825 completed May 2, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f644464c0c8190a8d4ea4914d32e7f completed May 2, 2026, 6:36 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:56 p.m.