Triple
T1295120
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Smith Medal |
E27636
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ian G. Gass
Ian G. Gass was a prominent British geologist known for his influential work on the geology and tectonics of oceanic islands and the Red Sea region.
|
E182148
|
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: Ian G. Gass | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Ian G. Gass]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian G. Gass Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Ian G. Gass]
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A.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
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B.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
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C.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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D.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
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E.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
- 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: Ian G. Gass Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Ian G. Gass]
Generated description
Ian G. Gass was a prominent British geologist known for his influential work on the geology and tectonics of oceanic islands and the Red Sea region.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ian G. Gass Target entity description: Ian G. Gass was a prominent British geologist known for his influential work on the geology and tectonics of oceanic islands and the Red Sea region.
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A.
Richard Lumsden
Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
-
B.
Robert Hodgen
Robert Hodgen was an early settler and landowner in central Kentucky whose name was given to the town of Hodgenville.
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C.
Claude Auchinleck
Claude Auchinleck was a senior British Army officer and field marshal best known for his leadership of Allied forces in the Middle East during the early stages of World War II.
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D.
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Alan Lennox-Boyd was a British Conservative politician best known for serving as Colonial Secretary during the 1950s, overseeing key stages of decolonisation in the British Empire.
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E.
Robert Hinde
Robert Hinde was a British zoologist and ethologist renowned for his pioneering research on animal behavior and social relationships, and for mentoring influential primatologists such as Jane Goodall.
- 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_69a496d6682881909ba658f1c1e0e2b0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c0f4031481908f5e3a53d8a72929 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51996dc08190afecb40095e3d3e2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad521ac9a88190978b9ed3e3d14d98 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad52bfdbec81908f7240c46ce11888 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.