Triple

T15179141
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Downie E362691 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Downie
John Downie is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports and the arts.
E1156585 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 Downie | Statement: [Downie, hasNotableBearer, John Downie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Downie
Context triple: [Downie, hasNotableBearer, John Downie]
  • A. George Downie
    George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
  • B. 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).
  • C. John Johnston
    John Johnston was a 19th-century distiller credited with establishing the original operation that evolved into the renowned Lagavulin whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland.
  • D. John Macdougall
    John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • E. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • 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 Downie
Triple: [Downie, hasNotableBearer, John Downie]
Generated description
John Downie is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports and the arts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Downie
Target entity description: John Downie is a personal name shared by several notable individuals, including professionals in fields such as sports and the arts.
  • A. George Downie
    George Downie was a British Royal Navy officer best known for commanding the fleet that fought and was defeated at the Battle of Plattsburgh during the War of 1812.
  • B. 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).
  • C. John Johnston
    John Johnston was a 19th-century distiller credited with establishing the original operation that evolved into the renowned Lagavulin whisky distillery on Islay, Scotland.
  • D. John Macdougall
    John Macdougall was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Ardbeg whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • E. Duncan Campbell
    Duncan Campbell is a British journalist and writer best known for his investigative reporting and his long-term marriage to actress Julie Christie.
  • 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_69d85a09a39c81908759f23268e2d408 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e00664caac81909bee1268264769f8 completed April 15, 2026, 9:43 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff1a61136081908198806944c81808 completed May 9, 2026, 11:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff1bc3aa2c8190b61d21fa78682ea1 completed May 9, 2026, 11:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1cbccab48190b9e19b5a09324d8c completed May 9, 2026, 11:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:09 a.m.