Triple

T1295131
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Smith Medal E27636 entity
Predicate notableRecipient P108 FINISHED
Object Anthony Hallam
Anthony Hallam was a prominent British paleontologist and geologist known for his influential research on Jurassic stratigraphy, sea-level change, and mass extinctions.
E147405 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: Anthony Hallam | Statement: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Anthony Hallam]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Hallam
Context triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Anthony Hallam]
  • A. Thomas Belsham
    Thomas Belsham was an English Unitarian minister, theologian, and biblical scholar known for his influential role in late 18th- and early 19th-century rational dissent.
  • B. Hugh Rose
    Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
  • C. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • D. Thomas Holme
    Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
  • E. Henry Hall
    Henry Hall is the son of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musician Brad Hall.
  • 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: Anthony Hallam
Triple: [William Smith Medal, notableRecipient, Anthony Hallam]
Generated description
Anthony Hallam was a prominent British paleontologist and geologist known for his influential research on Jurassic stratigraphy, sea-level change, and mass extinctions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anthony Hallam
Target entity description: Anthony Hallam was a prominent British paleontologist and geologist known for his influential research on Jurassic stratigraphy, sea-level change, and mass extinctions.
  • A. Thomas Belsham
    Thomas Belsham was an English Unitarian minister, theologian, and biblical scholar known for his influential role in late 18th- and early 19th-century rational dissent.
  • B. Hugh Rose
    Hugh Rose was a British Army officer and colonial commander best known for his leadership during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, particularly in the Central India campaign.
  • C. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • D. Thomas Holme
    Thomas Holme was a 17th-century surveyor and cartographer who served as William Penn’s chief surveyor and laid out the original plan for Philadelphia.
  • E. Henry Hall
    Henry Hall is the son of American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus and musician Brad Hall.
  • 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_69acacc1e7948190a1ecd240c751d258 completed March 7, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69acad6df8f08190bea3b43f15ef3a09 completed March 7, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69acadd171b08190a5454e75babd39a3 completed March 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:51 p.m.