Triple
T1423060
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Theory of Moral Sentiments |
E30267
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entity |
| Predicate | publisher |
P29
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell
Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell were 18th-century Edinburgh printers and booksellers known for publishing significant works of the Scottish Enlightenment.
|
E163117
|
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: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell | Statement: [The Theory of Moral Sentiments, publisher, Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell Context triple: [The Theory of Moral Sentiments, publisher, Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell]
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A.
C. S. Van Winkle
C. S. Van Winkle was an early 19th-century American publisher and printer known for issuing works such as Washington Irving’s "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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B.
James Lick Robnett
James Lick Robnett is an individual whose personal name is associated with the surname Robnett.
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C.
Charles Hall
Charles Hall is the son of acclaimed American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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D.
George Bullough
George Bullough was a wealthy British industrialist and landowner best known for owning and lavishly developing the Scottish island of Rum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell Triple: [The Theory of Moral Sentiments, publisher, Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell]
Generated description
Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell were 18th-century Edinburgh printers and booksellers known for publishing significant works of the Scottish Enlightenment.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell Target entity description: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell were 18th-century Edinburgh printers and booksellers known for publishing significant works of the Scottish Enlightenment.
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A.
C. S. Van Winkle
C. S. Van Winkle was an early 19th-century American publisher and printer known for issuing works such as Washington Irving’s "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
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B.
James Lick Robnett
James Lick Robnett is an individual whose personal name is associated with the surname Robnett.
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C.
Charles Hall
Charles Hall is the son of acclaimed American actress and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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D.
George Bullough
George Bullough was a wealthy British industrialist and landowner best known for owning and lavishly developing the Scottish island of Rum in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Cushman K. Davis
Cushman K. Davis was an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat who served as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota and played a key role in foreign affairs at the turn of the 20th century.
- 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_69a498fb823c8190a67ce4c4837e641a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c4ba798881909c2259987248b030 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad0161e23c819099a1c72627f13dd0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad01c53e808190824b9702c309f0a2 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad0241546881908f1044616255f146 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.