Triple

T15737455
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Polistes metricus E381509 entity
Predicate describedBy P264 FINISHED
Object William Kirby
William Kirby was a pioneering 19th-century English entomologist and clergyman, often regarded as the father of entomology in England.
E1173786 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: William Kirby | Statement: [Polistes metricus, describedBy, William Kirby]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kirby
Context triple: [Polistes metricus, describedBy, William Kirby]
  • A. Thomas Jessop
    Thomas Jessop was a prominent 19th-century English industrialist and philanthropist known for his contributions to the steel industry and public institutions in Sheffield.
  • B. William Jessop
    William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
  • C. William Elford Leach
    William Elford Leach was a British zoologist and marine biologist of the early 19th century known for his influential work in classifying a wide range of animal groups, including birds and crustaceans.
  • D. George Giffard
    George Giffard was a British Army general who held senior command roles during World War II, particularly in the Southeast Asian theatre.
  • E. Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
    Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson is an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • 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: William Kirby
Triple: [Polistes metricus, describedBy, William Kirby]
Generated description
William Kirby was a pioneering 19th-century English entomologist and clergyman, often regarded as the father of entomology in England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Kirby
Target entity description: William Kirby was a pioneering 19th-century English entomologist and clergyman, often regarded as the father of entomology in England.
  • A. Thomas Jessop
    Thomas Jessop was a prominent 19th-century English industrialist and philanthropist known for his contributions to the steel industry and public institutions in Sheffield.
  • B. William Jessop
    William Jessop was a prominent 18th-century English civil engineer known for his influential work on canals, docks, and early railways during the Industrial Revolution.
  • C. William Elford Leach
    William Elford Leach was a British zoologist and marine biologist of the early 19th century known for his influential work in classifying a wide range of animal groups, including birds and crustaceans.
  • D. George Giffard
    George Giffard was a British Army general who held senior command roles during World War II, particularly in the Southeast Asian theatre.
  • E. Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson
    Thomas Geoffrey Wilkinson is an acclaimed English character actor known for his versatile performances in films such as "The Full Monty," "In the Bedroom," and "Michael Clayton."
  • 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_69d86d9cdb648190bf3171be0bd7d872 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e04fd6eb888190b7a9b07b76e62c0d completed April 16, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff830336248190a8bbd8153dd95daa completed May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83ca33d08190816130bf2ea735df completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff8469354c819080b8cfddb7c66be5 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.