Triple

T15478903
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Science and Civilisation in China E376860 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Girdwood Robinson
Kenneth Girdwood Robinson was a scholar who contributed as a co-author to Joseph Needham’s influential multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China," focusing on the history of Chinese science and technology.
E1159699 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: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson | Statement: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Kenneth Girdwood Robinson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson
Context triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Kenneth Girdwood Robinson]
  • A. Richard Laughlin Munro
    Richard Laughlin Munro, better known as Lochlyn Munro, is a Canadian actor recognized for his roles in films like "Scary Movie" and TV series such as "Riverdale" and "Charmed."
  • B. Roy Biggins
    Roy Biggins is a scheming, boorish rival airline owner and recurring antagonist on the sitcom "Wings."
  • C. Robert William Robson
    Robert William Robson was a renowned English footballer and manager best known for managing the England national team and several top European clubs.
  • D. William George Ward
    William George Ward was a 19th-century English theologian and controversialist, noted for his leading role in the Oxford Movement and later conversion to Roman Catholicism.
  • E. Gordon Jennings
    Gordon Jennings was an American special effects artist renowned for his pioneering visual effects work in mid-20th-century Hollywood science fiction and adventure films.
  • 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: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson
Triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Kenneth Girdwood Robinson]
Generated description
Kenneth Girdwood Robinson was a scholar who contributed as a co-author to Joseph Needham’s influential multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China," focusing on the history of Chinese science and technology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson
Target entity description: Kenneth Girdwood Robinson was a scholar who contributed as a co-author to Joseph Needham’s influential multi-volume work "Science and Civilisation in China," focusing on the history of Chinese science and technology.
  • A. Richard Laughlin Munro
    Richard Laughlin Munro, better known as Lochlyn Munro, is a Canadian actor recognized for his roles in films like "Scary Movie" and TV series such as "Riverdale" and "Charmed."
  • B. Roy Biggins
    Roy Biggins is a scheming, boorish rival airline owner and recurring antagonist on the sitcom "Wings."
  • C. Robert William Robson
    Robert William Robson was a renowned English footballer and manager best known for managing the England national team and several top European clubs.
  • D. William George Ward
    William George Ward was a 19th-century English theologian and controversialist, noted for his leading role in the Oxford Movement and later conversion to Roman Catholicism.
  • E. Gordon Jennings
    Gordon Jennings was an American special effects artist renowned for his pioneering visual effects work in mid-20th-century Hollywood science fiction and adventure films.
  • 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_69d85cd21dcc81908646251b1c26ea00 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03f8a77a081909f12f13660452f4a completed April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2d0b3e7881908f195701fe222371 completed May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2e4010dc8190b0f81d03acf8ba41 completed May 9, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff310c2d5c819093295c45307176ec completed May 9, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:34 a.m.