Triple

T13512003
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dumfries Academy E322662 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object William Dickson (missionary)
William Dickson was a Scottish missionary and notable alumnus of Dumfries Academy who devoted his life to religious and educational work abroad.
E1044939 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 Dickson (missionary) | Statement: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Dickson (missionary)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dickson (missionary)
Context triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Dickson (missionary)]
  • A. John Paton
    John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
  • B. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor was a pioneering 19th-century British Protestant missionary who greatly expanded Christian mission work in inland China and became a key figure in the history of modern missions.
  • C. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor is an Irish folk-pop duo of brothers known for their melodic harmonies and acoustic-driven songs.
  • D. Adoniram Judson
    Adoniram Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary best known for his long-term work in Burma, where he translated the Bible into Burmese and helped establish a lasting Christian presence.
  • E. William Carey Wright
    William Carey Wright was an American minister and musician best known as the father of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • 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 Dickson (missionary)
Triple: [Dumfries Academy, hasNotableAlumnus, William Dickson (missionary)]
Generated description
William Dickson was a Scottish missionary and notable alumnus of Dumfries Academy who devoted his life to religious and educational work abroad.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Dickson (missionary)
Target entity description: William Dickson was a Scottish missionary and notable alumnus of Dumfries Academy who devoted his life to religious and educational work abroad.
  • A. John Paton
    John Paton is a notable individual, most commonly referring to the 19th-century Scottish missionary known for his work in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
  • B. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor was a pioneering 19th-century British Protestant missionary who greatly expanded Christian mission work in inland China and became a key figure in the history of modern missions.
  • C. Hudson Taylor
    Hudson Taylor is an Irish folk-pop duo of brothers known for their melodic harmonies and acoustic-driven songs.
  • D. Adoniram Judson
    Adoniram Judson was a pioneering early 19th-century American Baptist missionary best known for his long-term work in Burma, where he translated the Bible into Burmese and helped establish a lasting Christian presence.
  • E. William Carey Wright
    William Carey Wright was an American minister and musician best known as the father of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • 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_69f756773b9c81908250ae7ffc2d8d99 completed May 3, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:43 p.m.