Triple

T13332259
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Nicolls E317602 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Nicolls
Nicolls is an English surname historically associated with figures such as Richard Nicolls, the first English colonial governor of New York.
 E1035396 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: Nicolls | Statement: [Richard Nicolls, familyName, Nicolls]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicolls
Context triple: [Richard Nicolls, familyName, Nicolls]
  • A. Pagford
    Pagford is the fictional English village that serves as the primary setting of J.K. Rowling’s novel "The Casual Vacancy," characterized by its seemingly idyllic facade and underlying social tensions.
  • B. Carmichael
    Carmichael is a suburban community in California known as a residential area within the greater Sacramento metropolitan region.
  • C. Carmichael
    Carmichael is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, science, and the arts.
  • D. Drumond
    Drumond is a surname and variant spelling of Drummond, borne by various individuals and families, particularly in English- and Portuguese-speaking contexts.
  • E. Warfield
    Warfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, situated within the unitary authority area of Bracknell Forest.
  • 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: Nicolls
Triple: [Richard Nicolls, familyName, Nicolls]
Generated description
Nicolls is an English surname historically associated with figures such as Richard Nicolls, the first English colonial governor of New York.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nicolls
Target entity description: Nicolls is an English surname historically associated with figures such as Richard Nicolls, the first English colonial governor of New York.
  • A. Pagford
    Pagford is the fictional English village that serves as the primary setting of J.K. Rowling’s novel "The Casual Vacancy," characterized by its seemingly idyllic facade and underlying social tensions.
  • B. Carmichael
    Carmichael is a suburban community in California known as a residential area within the greater Sacramento metropolitan region.
  • C. Carmichael
    Carmichael is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, science, and the arts.
  • D. Drumond
    Drumond is a surname and variant spelling of Drummond, borne by various individuals and families, particularly in English- and Portuguese-speaking contexts.
  • E. Warfield
    Warfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, situated within the unitary authority area of Bracknell Forest.
  • 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_69d806b4d62c81908d4ced1665414be5 completed April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d9992fffa0819086610ae3bed2e2f9 completed April 11, 2026, 12:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f71f36e4cc819093007404ceb5da31 completed May 3, 2026, 10:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f72126765481908ef6e6ae7349bd30 completed May 3, 2026, 10:19 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7221887208190ac98945a023bc496 completed May 3, 2026, 10:23 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:30 p.m.