Triple

T15388298
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robison E367969 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)
John Robison was a 20th-century American engineer who also served in public office, combining a technical career with political service.
 E1154763 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 Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989) | Statement: [Robison, hasNotableBearer, John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)
Context triple: [Robison, hasNotableBearer, John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)]
  • A. John Stevens (engineer)
    John Stevens was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering early steam locomotive and railroad development in the United States.
  • B. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • C. Richard Lee (engineer)
    Richard Lee is a civil engineer best known for designing the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge connecting Canada and the United States over the Niagara River.
  • D. Joseph F. Engelberger
    Joseph F. Engelberger was an American engineer and entrepreneur widely regarded as the "father of industrial robotics" for pioneering the development and commercialization of robotic automation.
  • E. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • 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 Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)
Triple: [Robison, hasNotableBearer, John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)]
Generated description
John Robison was a 20th-century American engineer who also served in public office, combining a technical career with political service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Robison (American engineer and politician, 1904–1989)
Target entity description: John Robison was a 20th-century American engineer who also served in public office, combining a technical career with political service.
  • A. John Stevens (engineer)
    John Stevens was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering early steam locomotive and railroad development in the United States.
  • B. Charles Stark Draper
    Charles Stark Draper was an American engineer and scientist renowned as the "father of inertial navigation" for his pioneering work in guidance and control systems.
  • C. Richard Lee (engineer)
    Richard Lee is a civil engineer best known for designing the Queenston-Lewiston Bridge connecting Canada and the United States over the Niagara River.
  • D. Joseph F. Engelberger
    Joseph F. Engelberger was an American engineer and entrepreneur widely regarded as the "father of industrial robotics" for pioneering the development and commercialization of robotic automation.
  • E. Stephen K. Robinson
    Stephen K. Robinson is a former NASA astronaut and aerospace engineer who flew on multiple Space Shuttle missions and conducted spacewalks to help assemble and repair the International Space Station.
  • 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_69d85a1551a08190ba2caea7cd51c639 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e761b688190893a81246b735b76 completed April 16, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff134bf8b4819092d77c44d0207e3b completed May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff141b025c8190ac5ac9400ff36133 completed May 9, 2026, 11:01 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff1519100c819083ee0342bf25d89e completed May 9, 2026, 11:06 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:19 a.m.