Triple

T14718192
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benin Expedition of 1897 E345737 entity
Predicate commandedBy P1407 FINISHED
Object James Robert Phillips
James Robert Phillips was a British colonial officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1897 mission to the Kingdom of Benin that precipitated the punitive Benin Expedition.
E1118408 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: James Robert Phillips | Statement: [Benin Expedition of 1897, commandedBy, James Robert Phillips]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Robert Phillips
Context triple: [Benin Expedition of 1897, commandedBy, James Robert Phillips]
  • A. James Atlee Phillips
    James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
  • B. James Phillips
    James Phillips was an 18th-century British Quaker abolitionist and publisher who played a key role in the early organized campaign to end the transatlantic slave trade.
  • C. James Phillips
    James Phillips is a songwriter best known for his work on the track "So Excited."
  • D. John Sanborn Phillips
    John Sanborn Phillips was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential progressive-era periodical McClure's Magazine.
  • E. David Marvin Blake
    David Marvin Blake is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer best known by his stage name DJ Quik, a prominent figure in West Coast hip hop.
  • 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: James Robert Phillips
Triple: [Benin Expedition of 1897, commandedBy, James Robert Phillips]
Generated description
James Robert Phillips was a British colonial officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1897 mission to the Kingdom of Benin that precipitated the punitive Benin Expedition.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Robert Phillips
Target entity description: James Robert Phillips was a British colonial officer best known for leading the ill-fated 1897 mission to the Kingdom of Benin that precipitated the punitive Benin Expedition.
  • A. James Atlee Phillips
    James Atlee Phillips was an American novelist and screenwriter best known for his crime and adventure stories, including the story that inspired the 1958 film "Thunder Road."
  • B. James Phillips
    James Phillips was an 18th-century British Quaker abolitionist and publisher who played a key role in the early organized campaign to end the transatlantic slave trade.
  • C. James Phillips
    James Phillips is a songwriter best known for his work on the track "So Excited."
  • D. John Sanborn Phillips
    John Sanborn Phillips was an American magazine editor and publisher best known as a co-founder of the influential progressive-era periodical McClure's Magazine.
  • E. David Marvin Blake
    David Marvin Blake is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer best known by his stage name DJ Quik, a prominent figure in West Coast hip hop.
  • 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69deb98688f48190b2b19ce7aa06a6db completed April 14, 2026, 10:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe0ce17f688190a86979cca8b88494 completed May 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe1547d7f8819097b2bdf3b8a10751 completed May 8, 2026, 4:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe15ddc6ac819098c981367b970077 completed May 8, 2026, 4:57 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.