Triple

T13900100
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Bay E334194 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Sir James Edward Alexander
Sir James Edward Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, explorer, and travel writer known for his expeditions in Africa and contributions to British colonial exploration.
 E1068391 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: Sir James Edward Alexander | Statement: [Alexander Bay, namedAfter, Sir James Edward Alexander]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir James Edward Alexander
Context triple: [Alexander Bay, namedAfter, Sir James Edward Alexander]
  • A. Archibald Stuart
    Archibald Stuart was a 19th-century Virginia lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the father of Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart.
  • B. Charles Scott
    Charles Scott was an American Revolutionary War general and the fourth governor of Kentucky, remembered as a prominent early political and military leader in the state’s history.
  • C. Charles Douglas
    Charles Douglas was a British military leader who served as Commander-in-Chief in India during the period of British colonial rule.
  • D. Alexander Franklin James
    Alexander Franklin James was a 19th-century American outlaw best known as the older brother and partner-in-crime of Jesse James in the James–Younger Gang.
  • E. George William Hamilton
    George William Hamilton was the son of American actor George Hamilton.
  • 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: Sir James Edward Alexander
Triple: [Alexander Bay, namedAfter, Sir James Edward Alexander]
Generated description
Sir James Edward Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, explorer, and travel writer known for his expeditions in Africa and contributions to British colonial exploration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Sir James Edward Alexander
Target entity description: Sir James Edward Alexander was a 19th-century Scottish soldier, explorer, and travel writer known for his expeditions in Africa and contributions to British colonial exploration.
  • A. Archibald Stuart
    Archibald Stuart was a 19th-century Virginia lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and was the father of Confederate cavalry general J.E.B. Stuart.
  • B. Charles Scott
    Charles Scott was an American Revolutionary War general and the fourth governor of Kentucky, remembered as a prominent early political and military leader in the state’s history.
  • C. Charles Douglas
    Charles Douglas was a British military leader who served as Commander-in-Chief in India during the period of British colonial rule.
  • D. Alexander Franklin James
    Alexander Franklin James was a 19th-century American outlaw best known as the older brother and partner-in-crime of Jesse James in the James–Younger Gang.
  • E. George William Hamilton
    George William Hamilton was the son of American actor George Hamilton.
  • 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_69d81c5eaa9c819083b1ff8689179565 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de25d8897881908b770cdb565898d4 completed April 14, 2026, 11:32 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7c720b4988190aee1f1f09877212d completed May 3, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7c86a3640819081ed689bd271f909 completed May 3, 2026, 10:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7c9b2930c8190983f2c55a0dd35f6 completed May 3, 2026, 10:18 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.