Triple

T15478906
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Science and Civilisation in China E376860 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object Francesca Bray
Francesca Bray is a historian of science and technology known for her influential work on Chinese agriculture, gender, and material culture, including contributions to the landmark series *Science and Civilisation in China*.
E1159702 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: Francesca Bray | Statement: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Francesca Bray]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francesca Bray
Context triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Francesca Bray]
  • A. Francesca Annis
    Francesca Annis is an English actress known for her extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "Dune," "Cranford," and numerous Shakespeare adaptations.
  • B. Francesca McFadden
    Francesca McFadden is the wife of British Labour politician Pat McFadden.
  • C. Francesca V. Rains
    Francesca V. Rains was the wife of Henry Gage, the 20th governor of California, and a member of a prominent California political family.
  • D. Francesca Kirby
    Francesca Kirby is an English professional footballer, best known as a prolific forward for Chelsea and the England national team.
  • E. Francesca Terwilliger
    Francesca Terwilliger is a character from *The Simpsons*, introduced as Sideshow Bob’s sophisticated yet equally villainous wife who joins him in plotting against Bart Simpson.
  • 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: Francesca Bray
Triple: [Science and Civilisation in China, coAuthor, Francesca Bray]
Generated description
Francesca Bray is a historian of science and technology known for her influential work on Chinese agriculture, gender, and material culture, including contributions to the landmark series *Science and Civilisation in China*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Francesca Bray
Target entity description: Francesca Bray is a historian of science and technology known for her influential work on Chinese agriculture, gender, and material culture, including contributions to the landmark series *Science and Civilisation in China*.
  • A. Francesca Annis
    Francesca Annis is an English actress known for her extensive work in film, television, and theatre, including notable roles in productions such as "Dune," "Cranford," and numerous Shakespeare adaptations.
  • B. Francesca McFadden
    Francesca McFadden is the wife of British Labour politician Pat McFadden.
  • C. Francesca V. Rains
    Francesca V. Rains was the wife of Henry Gage, the 20th governor of California, and a member of a prominent California political family.
  • D. Francesca Kirby
    Francesca Kirby is an English professional footballer, best known as a prolific forward for Chelsea and the England national team.
  • E. Francesca Terwilliger
    Francesca Terwilliger is a character from *The Simpsons*, introduced as Sideshow Bob’s sophisticated yet equally villainous wife who joins him in plotting against Bart Simpson.
  • 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.