Triple

T1436125
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata E30564 entity
Predicate architect P184 FINISHED
Object William Nairn Forbes
William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
E243774 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 Nairn Forbes | Statement: [St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata, architect, William Nairn Forbes]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nairn Forbes
Context triple: [St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata, architect, William Nairn Forbes]
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • C. Francis Wallace Burns
    Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
  • D. J. Campbell Bruce
    J. Campbell Bruce was an American journalist and author best known for writing the non-fiction book "Escape from Alcatraz," which chronicled real-life escape attempts from the infamous prison.
  • E. John Lorne Campbell
    John Lorne Campbell was a Scottish historian, folklorist, and Gaelic scholar best known for his preservation of Hebridean culture and traditional music.
  • 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 Nairn Forbes
Triple: [St. Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata, architect, William Nairn Forbes]
Generated description
William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Nairn Forbes
Target entity description: William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
  • A. Richard Lumsden
    Richard Lumsden is a British actor, writer, and composer known for his work in television, film, and theatre.
  • B. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • C. Francis Wallace Burns
    Francis Wallace Burns was one of the sons of the famed Scottish poet Robert Burns, remembered primarily through his connection to his father's legacy.
  • D. J. Campbell Bruce
    J. Campbell Bruce was an American journalist and author best known for writing the non-fiction book "Escape from Alcatraz," which chronicled real-life escape attempts from the infamous prison.
  • E. John Lorne Campbell
    John Lorne Campbell was a Scottish historian, folklorist, and Gaelic scholar best known for his preservation of Hebridean culture and traditional music.
  • 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c50418d08190ace2cab98af87f29 completed March 1, 2026, 11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae6515d5f881908f89fa1d6377596e completed March 9, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae65d419048190ad723d21ab7f1cab completed March 9, 2026, 6:16 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae666e71908190b50be2cac5bdfa28 completed March 9, 2026, 6:19 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.