Triple
T1254210
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | A Man Called Intrepid |
E26949
|
entity |
| Predicate | author |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
William Stevenson
William Stevenson was a British-born Canadian journalist and author best known for his bestselling World War II espionage history "A Man Called Intrepid."
|
E189737
|
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 Stevenson | Statement: [A Man Called Intrepid, author, William Stevenson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stevenson Context triple: [A Man Called Intrepid, author, William Stevenson]
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A.
Andrew Cunningham
Andrew Cunningham was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral of World War II, noted for his leadership in major Mediterranean campaigns and his role in Allied amphibious operations.
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B.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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C.
Charles Henry Marshall
Charles Henry Marshall was an American businessman and member of New York high society, best known as the first husband of philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor.
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D.
William Sims
William Sims was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral and naval reformer known for modernizing gunnery and leading American naval forces in European waters during World War I.
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E.
John Scott
John Scott was a notable historical figure whose legacy is honored through the John Scott Medal, an award recognizing significant contributions to science and the useful arts.
- 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 Stevenson Triple: [A Man Called Intrepid, author, William Stevenson]
Generated description
William Stevenson was a British-born Canadian journalist and author best known for his bestselling World War II espionage history "A Man Called Intrepid."
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stevenson Target entity description: William Stevenson was a British-born Canadian journalist and author best known for his bestselling World War II espionage history "A Man Called Intrepid."
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A.
Andrew Cunningham
Andrew Cunningham was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral of World War II, noted for his leadership in major Mediterranean campaigns and his role in Allied amphibious operations.
-
B.
Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer best known for designing and building numerous lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-
C.
Charles Henry Marshall
Charles Henry Marshall was an American businessman and member of New York high society, best known as the first husband of philanthropist and socialite Brooke Astor.
-
D.
William Sims
William Sims was a prominent U.S. Navy admiral and naval reformer known for modernizing gunnery and leading American naval forces in European waters during World War I.
-
E.
John Scott
John Scott was a notable historical figure whose legacy is honored through the John Scott Medal, an award recognizing significant contributions to science and the useful arts.
- 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_69a49487a9c48190ba9b05348fd1b53f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bfa407a0819099399799a416152e |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad718af9a08190b16c7df72d1ef1d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad73705bd081909c021e55f7c1882b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad73d9746c8190b6d673bdb8c202d3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:47 p.m.