Triple
T1295126
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Smith Medal |
E27636
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRecipient |
P108
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Geoffrey Boulton
Geoffrey Boulton is a distinguished British geologist and glaciologist known for his influential research on ice sheets, climate change, and Earth surface processes.
|
E251926
|
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: Geoffrey Boulton | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Geoffrey Boulton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Boulton Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Geoffrey Boulton]
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A.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
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B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
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C.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
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D.
Bernard Coard
Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
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E.
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.
- 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: Geoffrey Boulton Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Geoffrey Boulton]
Generated description
Geoffrey Boulton is a distinguished British geologist and glaciologist known for his influential research on ice sheets, climate change, and Earth surface processes.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Geoffrey Boulton Target entity description: Geoffrey Boulton is a distinguished British geologist and glaciologist known for his influential research on ice sheets, climate change, and Earth surface processes.
-
A.
Geoffrey Beevers
Geoffrey Beevers is a British actor best known to Doctor Who fans for his chilling portrayal of the villainous Time Lord known as the Master.
-
B.
Richard Hiscott
Richard Hiscott is an editor known for his work on the television series "Willow."
-
C.
Richard Bristow
Richard Bristow was a 16th-century English Catholic scholar and theologian who contributed to the development and annotation of the Douay–Rheims Bible.
-
D.
Bernard Coard
Bernard Coard is a Grenadian politician and former Marxist leader best known for his key role in the 1979–1983 Grenadian Revolution and the internal power struggle that led to the collapse of the revolutionary government.
-
E.
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.
- 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_69ae7ebe47f081909d53dead07879b77 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:03 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae7f56aa7c8190a889d830303cc669 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:05 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae800868948190a5504969c4cabb7d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 8:08 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.