Triple

T13511996
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dumfries Academy E322662 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Billy Houliston
Billy Houliston was a Scottish footballer best known as a prolific forward for Queen of the South and for representing Scotland at international level in the late 1940s.
E1044483 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: Billy Houliston | Statement: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, Billy Houliston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Houliston
Context triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, Billy Houliston]
  • A. Ian Bairnson
    Ian Bairnson was a Scottish guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project, contributing to numerous classic rock and pop recordings.
  • B. Brian Kilrea
    Brian Kilrea is a Canadian former ice hockey player and legendary junior coach, best known for his long, record-setting tenure behind the bench of the Ottawa 67's in the OHL.
  • C. Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
    Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is an American writer and playwright best known for penning the short story and co-writing the screenplay that inspired the survival thriller film "The Grey."
  • D. Roy Marples
    Roy Marples is a software engineer best known for his work on the OpenRC init system and various networking tools in the Linux and BSD ecosystems.
  • E. Billy Adamson
    Billy Adamson was a guitarist and member of the British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their sound during their later years.
  • 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: Billy Houliston
Triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, Billy Houliston]
Generated description
Billy Houliston was a Scottish footballer best known as a prolific forward for Queen of the South and for representing Scotland at international level in the late 1940s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Billy Houliston
Target entity description: Billy Houliston was a Scottish footballer best known as a prolific forward for Queen of the South and for representing Scotland at international level in the late 1940s.
  • A. Ian Bairnson
    Ian Bairnson was a Scottish guitarist and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Pilot and The Alan Parsons Project, contributing to numerous classic rock and pop recordings.
  • B. Brian Kilrea
    Brian Kilrea is a Canadian former ice hockey player and legendary junior coach, best known for his long, record-setting tenure behind the bench of the Ottawa 67's in the OHL.
  • C. Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
    Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is an American writer and playwright best known for penning the short story and co-writing the screenplay that inspired the survival thriller film "The Grey."
  • D. Roy Marples
    Roy Marples is a software engineer best known for his work on the OpenRC init system and various networking tools in the Linux and BSD ecosystems.
  • E. Billy Adamson
    Billy Adamson was a guitarist and member of the British Merseybeat band The Searchers, contributing to their sound during their later years.
  • 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_69d80766a21881909f21a1b7421d3b8a completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbaf86a6208190be8c18f7a0158f23 completed April 12, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f75492676c81909602745e2b6436cb completed May 3, 2026, 1:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7555173d08190be887e81c148192e completed May 3, 2026, 2:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f75675df788190b4aa562fe0bc1d75 completed May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.