Triple
T14222412
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | City Observatory |
E352529
|
entity |
| Predicate | designedBy |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Henry Playfair
William Henry Playfair was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for shaping much of Edinburgh’s neoclassical cityscape.
|
E1088585
|
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 Henry Playfair | Statement: [City Observatory, designedBy, William Henry Playfair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Playfair Context triple: [City Observatory, designedBy, William Henry Playfair]
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A.
William Playfair
William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist best known for inventing several fundamental types of statistical graphs, including the bar chart, line graph, and pie chart.
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B.
James Playfair
James Playfair was a prominent Scottish architect of the late 18th century, noted for his neoclassical designs and contributions to Georgian architecture.
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C.
John Playfair
John Playfair was an 18th–19th century Scottish mathematician, physicist, and geologist best known for popularizing James Hutton’s geological theories and for Playfair’s axiom in geometry.
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D.
John Venn
John Venn was an English logician and philosopher best known for introducing Venn diagrams, which visually represent logical and set-theoretic relationships.
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E.
John Venn
John Venn was an English Anglican priest and evangelical leader best known for his influential role in early 19th-century religious and missionary movements.
- 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 Henry Playfair Triple: [City Observatory, designedBy, William Henry Playfair]
Generated description
William Henry Playfair was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for shaping much of Edinburgh’s neoclassical cityscape.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Playfair Target entity description: William Henry Playfair was a prominent 19th-century Scottish architect renowned for shaping much of Edinburgh’s neoclassical cityscape.
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A.
William Playfair
William Playfair was a Scottish engineer and political economist best known for inventing several fundamental types of statistical graphs, including the bar chart, line graph, and pie chart.
-
B.
James Playfair
James Playfair was a prominent Scottish architect of the late 18th century, noted for his neoclassical designs and contributions to Georgian architecture.
-
C.
John Playfair
John Playfair was an 18th–19th century Scottish mathematician, physicist, and geologist best known for popularizing James Hutton’s geological theories and for Playfair’s axiom in geometry.
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D.
John Venn
John Venn was an English logician and philosopher best known for introducing Venn diagrams, which visually represent logical and set-theoretic relationships.
-
E.
John Venn
John Venn was an English Anglican priest and evangelical leader best known for his influential role in early 19th-century religious and missionary movements.
- 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_69d8278a06e481908b5d6af0a8afe737 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de6227c288819081473ce44f9f0934 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd2813e55881909bdbc6f3c6ef572b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:02 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd2b0956948190bf654403ad0b154a |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd2df66aa48190ae18a4ca1c099c25 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 12:27 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:06 a.m.