Triple

T12789263
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Foyle College E305713 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object John H. Whyte
John H. Whyte was a prominent Irish historian and political scientist known for his influential work on modern Irish politics and church–state relations.
E1181967 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 H. Whyte | Statement: [Foyle College, hasNotableAlumnus, John H. Whyte]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John H. Whyte
Context triple: [Foyle College, hasNotableAlumnus, John H. Whyte]
  • A. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • B. James H. Street
    James H. Street was an American journalist and novelist known for his works set in the American South, several of which were adapted into films.
  • C. William J. McAlpine
    William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
  • D. James C. Adamson
    James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
  • E. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • 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 H. Whyte
Triple: [Foyle College, hasNotableAlumnus, John H. Whyte]
Generated description
John H. Whyte was a prominent Irish historian and political scientist known for his influential work on modern Irish politics and church–state relations.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John H. Whyte
Target entity description: John H. Whyte was a prominent Irish historian and political scientist known for his influential work on modern Irish politics and church–state relations.
  • A. George G. Robertson
    George G. Robertson is a computer scientist known for his work in information visualization and human-computer interaction, often in collaboration with researchers like Stuart K. Card.
  • B. James H. Street
    James H. Street was an American journalist and novelist known for his works set in the American South, several of which were adapted into films.
  • C. William J. McAlpine
    William J. McAlpine was a 19th-century American civil engineer and public official known for his leadership in the development and administration of New York’s canal system.
  • D. James C. Adamson
    James C. Adamson is a former NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and contributed to both spaceflight operations and aerospace management.
  • E. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • 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_69d7bdf366888190a8cccb982606889c completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96e6a61f48190972e241e70bc392c completed April 10, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffa92635b08190a333702bec5b94e9 completed May 9, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ffaae751108190af653b2c9b9d3b8b completed May 9, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ffab58e7e481908a13b739e0401b8b completed May 9, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:30 p.m.