Triple
T14233195
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Milne |
E352806
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Milne
William Milne is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures such as missionaries, politicians, and scholars.
|
E1123014
|
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 Milne | Statement: [Milne, hasNotableBearer, William Milne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Milne Context triple: [Milne, hasNotableBearer, William Milne]
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A.
Geoffrey Taylor
Geoffrey Taylor was a prominent British physicist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in fluid dynamics and wave theory.
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B.
Rutherford Alcock
Rutherford Alcock was a 19th-century British diplomat best known as the first British consul in Japan and for helping open the country to Western influence.
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C.
Archibald Edward Nye
Archibald Edward Nye was a British Army general and colonial administrator who became the inaugural Governor of the Indian state of Madras (later Tamil Nadu) after World War II.
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D.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor best known for playing Michael, the older brother, in the classic 1982 science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
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E.
William Stroudley
William Stroudley was a prominent 19th-century British locomotive engineer best known for designing successful and influential steam engines for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
- 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 Milne Triple: [Milne, hasNotableBearer, William Milne]
Generated description
William Milne is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures such as missionaries, politicians, and scholars.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Milne Target entity description: William Milne is a name shared by several notable individuals, including historical figures such as missionaries, politicians, and scholars.
-
A.
Geoffrey Taylor
Geoffrey Taylor was a prominent British physicist and mathematician known for his pioneering work in fluid dynamics and wave theory.
-
B.
Rutherford Alcock
Rutherford Alcock was a 19th-century British diplomat best known as the first British consul in Japan and for helping open the country to Western influence.
-
C.
Archibald Edward Nye
Archibald Edward Nye was a British Army general and colonial administrator who became the inaugural Governor of the Indian state of Madras (later Tamil Nadu) after World War II.
-
D.
Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor best known for playing Michael, the older brother, in the classic 1982 science fiction film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."
-
E.
William Stroudley
William Stroudley was a prominent 19th-century British locomotive engineer best known for designing successful and influential steam engines for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
- 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_69d8278adc7c8190a9218d69bce3c4e6 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de622cdd6481908befa179a9675bb5 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe387f28688190b9d20f1e2bbc0ddc |
completed | May 8, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe6128b2948190988aea647d54426e |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:18 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe617af4a881908a906c34995d2403 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:07 a.m.