Triple

T15044619
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Corpus Clock E379191 entity
Predicate designer P184 FINISHED
Object John C. Taylor
John C. Taylor is a British inventor and horologist best known for creating innovative timepieces and holding numerous patents, including those related to electric kettles.
E1136116 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 C. Taylor | Statement: [Corpus Clock, designer, John C. Taylor]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Taylor
Context triple: [Corpus Clock, designer, John C. Taylor]
  • A. John McClelland
    John McClelland was a Canadian publisher best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the influential publishing house McClelland and Stewart.
  • B. John Taylor Johnston
    John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
  • C. William J. Buchanan
    William J. Buchanan was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Panama in the early 20th century.
  • D. Philip Pendleton Cooke
    Philip Pendleton Cooke was a 19th-century American poet and essayist from Virginia, known for his romantic and nature-themed verse and his influence on Southern literature.
  • E. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • 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 C. Taylor
Triple: [Corpus Clock, designer, John C. Taylor]
Generated description
John C. Taylor is a British inventor and horologist best known for creating innovative timepieces and holding numerous patents, including those related to electric kettles.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John C. Taylor
Target entity description: John C. Taylor is a British inventor and horologist best known for creating innovative timepieces and holding numerous patents, including those related to electric kettles.
  • A. John McClelland
    John McClelland was a Canadian publisher best known as the co-founder and driving force behind the influential publishing house McClelland and Stewart.
  • B. John Taylor Johnston
    John Taylor Johnston was a 19th-century American businessman and arts patron who served as the first president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and played a key role in its early development.
  • C. William J. Buchanan
    William J. Buchanan was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Panama in the early 20th century.
  • D. Philip Pendleton Cooke
    Philip Pendleton Cooke was a 19th-century American poet and essayist from Virginia, known for his romantic and nature-themed verse and his influence on Southern literature.
  • E. David G. Burnet
    David G. Burnet was an early political leader of the Republic of Texas who served as its interim president and later held other high offices in the fledgling Texan government.
  • 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_69d85cd64d108190853797a95c11cc45 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ded830c3c08190a87b81abbbb75377 completed April 15, 2026, 12:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fea5b96ae08190b15873634b67e8d9 completed May 9, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fea6dc14888190a80595c299dbaeac completed May 9, 2026, 3:15 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feaab0036c8190a486e4826e72925f completed May 9, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.