Triple
T14871143
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Speirs Bruce |
E349745
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Speirs Bruce |
E349745
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 Speirs Bruce | Statement: [William Speirs Bruce, name, William Speirs Bruce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Speirs Bruce Context triple: [William Speirs Bruce, name, William Speirs Bruce]
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A.
William Speirs Bruce
chosen
William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
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B.
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs, particularly major railroad stations and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
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C.
Sir John Campbell Brodie
Sir John Campbell Brodie was a Scottish nobleman and public figure who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Elginshire, acting as the British monarch’s representative in that county.
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D.
William Nigel Ernle Bruce
William Nigel Ernle Bruce, better known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor most famous for portraying Dr. Watson alongside Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes in a series of classic films and radio dramas of the 1930s and 1940s.
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E.
Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming
Sir Alexander Gordon Cumming was a Scottish aristocrat and landowner who served in prominent local leadership roles in the 19th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69fe9687a5888190a6e6ffd781f64edc |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:05 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:55 a.m.