Triple

T13241917
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Couper E315298 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object William Couper
William Couper is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including a Scottish bishop and an American sculptor known for his works in marble.
E1037961 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 Couper | Statement: [Couper, hasNotableBearer, William Couper]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Couper
Context triple: [Couper, hasNotableBearer, William Couper]
  • A. Edward Hume
    Edward Hume was an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular crime and drama series in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. William Fawcett
    William Fawcett was the son of British academic and politician Henry Fawcett, associated with a prominent Victorian liberal and reformist family.
  • C. Edward Greaves
    Edward Greaves was a British shipbuilder known for constructing Royal Navy warships such as HMS Bellerophon in the 19th century.
  • D. Arthur Hopcraft
    Arthur Hopcraft was a British journalist and acclaimed television dramatist best known for adapting major literary works, including John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for the screen.
  • E. William Pleeth
    William Pleeth was a renowned British cellist and influential teacher best known for mentoring the celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pré.
  • 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 Couper
Triple: [Couper, hasNotableBearer, William Couper]
Generated description
William Couper is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including a Scottish bishop and an American sculptor known for his works in marble.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Couper
Target entity description: William Couper is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including a Scottish bishop and an American sculptor known for his works in marble.
  • A. Edward Hume
    Edward Hume was an American television writer and producer best known for creating and writing several popular crime and drama series in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • B. William Fawcett
    William Fawcett was the son of British academic and politician Henry Fawcett, associated with a prominent Victorian liberal and reformist family.
  • C. Edward Greaves
    Edward Greaves was a British shipbuilder known for constructing Royal Navy warships such as HMS Bellerophon in the 19th century.
  • D. Arthur Hopcraft
    Arthur Hopcraft was a British journalist and acclaimed television dramatist best known for adapting major literary works, including John le Carré’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, for the screen.
  • E. William Pleeth
    William Pleeth was a renowned British cellist and influential teacher best known for mentoring the celebrated cellist Jacqueline du Pré.
  • 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_69d806b1072881909e46bd212259c5f0 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d98d59e84c8190a9e547d0fe26a5f9 completed April 10, 2026, 11:52 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7305c5f8081908bbe19f2a644acc5 completed May 3, 2026, 11:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f731093b0481908fb1a7b3fa14c73e completed May 3, 2026, 11:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f73186da9081908cec946610d745df completed May 3, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:23 p.m.