Triple
T1311518
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Alexander |
E28000
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRelative |
P367
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Alexander
William Alexander is a male given name shared by numerous notable figures, including politicians, artists, and writers, across English-speaking history.
|
E772
|
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 Alexander | Statement: [John Alexander, hasRelative, William Alexander]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Context triple: [John Alexander, hasRelative, William Alexander]
-
A.
Thomas James
Thomas James was a 17th-century Welsh explorer and navigator best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
-
B.
William Kirk
William Kirk is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
-
C.
James Craig
James Craig was a prominent Northern Irish politician who became the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and a leading figure in the unionist movement.
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D.
William
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
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E.
Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert is a coastal city in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known as a major deep-water port and gateway to the Inside Passage and Alaska.
- 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 Alexander Triple: [John Alexander, hasRelative, William Alexander]
Generated description
William Alexander is a male given name shared by numerous notable figures, including politicians, artists, and writers, across English-speaking history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Alexander Target entity description: William Alexander is a male given name shared by numerous notable figures, including politicians, artists, and writers, across English-speaking history.
-
A.
Thomas James
Thomas James was a 17th-century Welsh explorer and navigator best known for his Arctic voyages in search of the Northwest Passage.
-
B.
William Kirk
William Kirk is a relatively common personal name that may refer to multiple individuals across different fields, rather than a single widely recognized public figure.
-
C.
James Craig
James Craig was a prominent Northern Irish politician who became the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and a leading figure in the unionist movement.
-
D.
William
chosen
William is a common masculine given name of Germanic origin, widely used in English-speaking countries.
-
E.
Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert is a coastal city in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, known as a major deep-water port and gateway to the Inside Passage and Alaska.
- F. None of above.
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_69a498532c3481909223b74af2e578df |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:49 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c1560f888190bdd9107b08395e0b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:44 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acbaec736881909645919764d73f5f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acbbe67f0881908796ae064e72571d |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acbc8c3cc88190a0764b8d306b40ab |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:55 p.m.