Triple

T13333430
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Society for Psychical Research E317627 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Edmund Gurney
Edmund Gurney was a 19th-century English psychologist and psychical researcher known for his pioneering work on hypnotism, telepathy, and the scientific study of paranormal phenomena.
E1035439 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: Edmund Gurney | Statement: [Society for Psychical Research, foundedBy, Edmund Gurney]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Gurney
Context triple: [Society for Psychical Research, foundedBy, Edmund Gurney]
  • A. Edward Browne
    Edward Browne is a relatively obscure individual whose specific historical or professional significance is not clearly established from the available information.
  • B. Philip Wilson Steer
    Philip Wilson Steer was a leading British Impressionist painter and influential art teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Samuel Buckland
    Samuel Buckland was a 19th-century settler and rancher in Nevada, known for establishing Buckland Station as an important stop along emigrant and mail routes.
  • D. Joseph John Gurney
    Joseph John Gurney was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker minister, banker, and social reformer known for his work on prison reform, abolitionism, and religious writings.
  • E. Alfred Edward Garnett
    Alfred Edward Garnett is a fictional, outspokenly bigoted East End working-class character from the British television sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part," known for his satirical portrayal of reactionary attitudes.
  • 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: Edmund Gurney
Triple: [Society for Psychical Research, foundedBy, Edmund Gurney]
Generated description
Edmund Gurney was a 19th-century English psychologist and psychical researcher known for his pioneering work on hypnotism, telepathy, and the scientific study of paranormal phenomena.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Gurney
Target entity description: Edmund Gurney was a 19th-century English psychologist and psychical researcher known for his pioneering work on hypnotism, telepathy, and the scientific study of paranormal phenomena.
  • A. Edward Browne
    Edward Browne is a relatively obscure individual whose specific historical or professional significance is not clearly established from the available information.
  • B. Philip Wilson Steer
    Philip Wilson Steer was a leading British Impressionist painter and influential art teacher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • C. Samuel Buckland
    Samuel Buckland was a 19th-century settler and rancher in Nevada, known for establishing Buckland Station as an important stop along emigrant and mail routes.
  • D. Joseph John Gurney
    Joseph John Gurney was a prominent 19th-century English Quaker minister, banker, and social reformer known for his work on prison reform, abolitionism, and religious writings.
  • E. Alfred Edward Garnett
    Alfred Edward Garnett is a fictional, outspokenly bigoted East End working-class character from the British television sitcom "Till Death Us Do Part," known for his satirical portrayal of reactionary attitudes.
  • 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_69d99cff44e08190b9583baf0b626e42 completed April 11, 2026, 12:59 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.