Triple

T14871124
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scottish National Antarctic Expedition E349744 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object James Hunter Harvey Pirie
James Hunter Harvey Pirie was a Scottish physician, bacteriologist, and polar explorer known for his scientific work and participation in early 20th-century Antarctic exploration.
E1124219 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 Hunter Harvey Pirie | Statement: [Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, James Hunter Harvey Pirie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hunter Harvey Pirie
Context triple: [Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, James Hunter Harvey Pirie]
  • A. Ronald Speirs
    Ronald Speirs was a highly regarded and famously tough U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was popularized by the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • B. Allan Pugh
    Allan Pugh is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • C. James Annan
    James Annan is a British climate scientist and expert in climate modeling and risk analysis, known for his work on climate sensitivity and probabilistic climate projections.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Kirkpatrick Dewar
    Kirkpatrick Dewar is a person or organization associated with the use or application of the Dewar (a vacuum-insulated container commonly used in laboratories to store liquefied gases).
  • 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 Hunter Harvey Pirie
Triple: [Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, notableMember, James Hunter Harvey Pirie]
Generated description
James Hunter Harvey Pirie was a Scottish physician, bacteriologist, and polar explorer known for his scientific work and participation in early 20th-century Antarctic exploration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Hunter Harvey Pirie
Target entity description: James Hunter Harvey Pirie was a Scottish physician, bacteriologist, and polar explorer known for his scientific work and participation in early 20th-century Antarctic exploration.
  • A. Ronald Speirs
    Ronald Speirs was a highly regarded and famously tough U.S. Army officer of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, whose World War II service was popularized by the book and miniseries "Band of Brothers."
  • B. Allan Pugh
    Allan Pugh is an individual notable enough to be specifically recorded as a bearer of the surname Pugh.
  • C. James Annan
    James Annan is a British climate scientist and expert in climate modeling and risk analysis, known for his work on climate sensitivity and probabilistic climate projections.
  • D. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • E. Kirkpatrick Dewar
    Kirkpatrick Dewar is a person or organization associated with the use or application of the Dewar (a vacuum-insulated container commonly used in laboratories to store liquefied gases).
  • 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_69d822ee4f408190b6ac3b2fa434f0df completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded57967748190a7c05ebb74aacb7c completed April 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fe65129a588190bbad294b500f411f completed May 8, 2026, 10:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fe66a5f3a88190827c6c9247323153 completed May 8, 2026, 10:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fe6736ff34819098524e4401a414aa completed May 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.