Triple
T14890107
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Isaac Bayley Balfour |
E359731
|
entity |
| Predicate | father |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Hutton Balfour
John Hutton Balfour was a prominent 19th-century Scottish botanist and academic who served as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and significantly advanced botanical education in Scotland.
|
E1127434
|
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: John Hutton Balfour | Statement: [Isaac Bayley Balfour, father, John Hutton Balfour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hutton Balfour Context triple: [Isaac Bayley Balfour, father, John Hutton Balfour]
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A.
James Maitland Balfour
James Maitland Balfour was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and Conservative politician, best known as the father of future British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour.
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B.
William Balfour
William Balfour is an American man best known for being convicted of the 2008 murders of three relatives of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
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C.
Sir Henry Balfour
Sir Henry Balfour was a 17th-century military officer known for his role as a commander during the English Civil War.
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D.
Archibald Murray
Archibald Murray was a British Army general best known for leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in Egypt and Palestine.
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E.
Isaac Bayley Balfour
Isaac Bayley Balfour was a prominent Scottish botanist and academic known for his contributions to plant taxonomy and his tenure as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- 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: John Hutton Balfour Triple: [Isaac Bayley Balfour, father, John Hutton Balfour]
Generated description
John Hutton Balfour was a prominent 19th-century Scottish botanist and academic who served as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and significantly advanced botanical education in Scotland.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hutton Balfour Target entity description: John Hutton Balfour was a prominent 19th-century Scottish botanist and academic who served as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and significantly advanced botanical education in Scotland.
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A.
James Maitland Balfour
James Maitland Balfour was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and Conservative politician, best known as the father of future British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour.
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B.
William Balfour
William Balfour is an American man best known for being convicted of the 2008 murders of three relatives of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson.
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C.
Sir Henry Balfour
Sir Henry Balfour was a 17th-century military officer known for his role as a commander during the English Civil War.
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D.
Archibald Murray
Archibald Murray was a British Army general best known for leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in Egypt and Palestine.
-
E.
Isaac Bayley Balfour
Isaac Bayley Balfour was a prominent Scottish botanist and academic known for his contributions to plant taxonomy and his tenure as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- 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_69d827980cbc8190a0c569ae3940a1d9 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded5f6cf5c8190b6b28f58fafe5d59 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:04 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe72b11584819084f32516cb0023a1 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:33 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe73ee0da48190b8909009e0dc517b |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:38 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe748da7948190b7253b9dc09ae9fa |
completed | May 8, 2026, 11:41 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:09 a.m.