Triple
T14140694
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Steacie Science and Engineering Library |
E350416
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Edgar William Richard Steacie
Edgar William Richard Steacie was a prominent Canadian physical chemist and research administrator known for advancing scientific research and serving as president of the National Research Council of Canada.
|
E1082767
|
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: Edgar William Richard Steacie | Statement: [Steacie Science and Engineering Library, namedAfter, Edgar William Richard Steacie]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgar William Richard Steacie Context triple: [Steacie Science and Engineering Library, namedAfter, Edgar William Richard Steacie]
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A.
Charles Wilfred Orr
Charles Wilfred Orr was a British composer best known for his art songs and settings of English poetry in the early 20th century.
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B.
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Tuzo
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Tuzo was a senior British Army officer best known for his leadership roles during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and his tenure as General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.
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C.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
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D.
Sir John William Dawson
Sir John William Dawson was a prominent 19th-century Canadian geologist, educator, and principal of McGill University known for his influential work in paleontology and natural history.
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E.
George Irving Bell
George Irving Bell was an American physicist and pioneering mountaineer known for his early high-altitude expeditions in the Karakoram, including the first ascent of Masherbrum.
- 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: Edgar William Richard Steacie Triple: [Steacie Science and Engineering Library, namedAfter, Edgar William Richard Steacie]
Generated description
Edgar William Richard Steacie was a prominent Canadian physical chemist and research administrator known for advancing scientific research and serving as president of the National Research Council of Canada.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edgar William Richard Steacie Target entity description: Edgar William Richard Steacie was a prominent Canadian physical chemist and research administrator known for advancing scientific research and serving as president of the National Research Council of Canada.
-
A.
Charles Wilfred Orr
Charles Wilfred Orr was a British composer best known for his art songs and settings of English poetry in the early 20th century.
-
B.
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Tuzo
Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Tuzo was a senior British Army officer best known for his leadership roles during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and his tenure as General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland.
-
C.
William Maxwell Aitken
William Maxwell Aitken, better known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a powerful Canadian-British newspaper magnate and influential political figure in early 20th-century Britain.
-
D.
Sir John William Dawson
Sir John William Dawson was a prominent 19th-century Canadian geologist, educator, and principal of McGill University known for his influential work in paleontology and natural history.
-
E.
George Irving Bell
George Irving Bell was an American physicist and pioneering mountaineer known for his early high-altitude expeditions in the Karakoram, including the first ascent of Masherbrum.
- 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_69d827865f608190b311820428ae027b |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de6111a36081909beff35c88a56960 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fcdf18e3d08190b287e2da192d05eb |
completed | May 7, 2026, 6:51 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fce1a2a4c881908d18b45917286712 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fce24e7860819097f51a4907c894a7 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 7:04 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:47 a.m.