Triple
T15991036
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Balfour |
E387823
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Balfour
John Balfour is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including politicians and diplomats from the United Kingdom.
|
E1193662
|
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 Balfour | Statement: [Balfour, hasNotableBearer, John Balfour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Balfour Context triple: [Balfour, hasNotableBearer, John Balfour]
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A.
Dugald Buchanan
Dugald Buchanan was an 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poet and religious writer known for his influential spiritual verse and role in the Gaelic literary revival.
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B.
John Erskine
John Erskine was an American educator, author, and musician best known for pioneering the Great Books movement and promoting liberal arts education in the early 20th century.
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C.
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
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D.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
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E.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
- 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 Balfour Triple: [Balfour, hasNotableBearer, John Balfour]
Generated description
John Balfour is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including politicians and diplomats from the United Kingdom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Balfour Target entity description: John Balfour is a name shared by several notable historical figures, including politicians and diplomats from the United Kingdom.
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A.
Dugald Buchanan
Dugald Buchanan was an 18th-century Scottish Gaelic poet and religious writer known for his influential spiritual verse and role in the Gaelic literary revival.
-
B.
John Erskine
John Erskine was an American educator, author, and musician best known for pioneering the Great Books movement and promoting liberal arts education in the early 20th century.
-
C.
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple was a British screenwriter and film producer noted for his acclaimed work in early 20th-century cinema, including an Academy Award-winning screenplay.
-
D.
Thomas Urquhart
Thomas Urquhart was a 17th-century Scottish writer, translator, and eccentric known for his elaborate prose and early English translation of Rabelais.
-
E.
William Johnstone
William Johnstone was a Scottish painter and influential modernist associated with the Scottish Renaissance, known for his abstract landscapes and role in art education.
- 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e157835cac81909e979f9be281f328 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ffeb84979c8190b9f8d5a78b1cc880 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:20 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ffec06b344819093f164f15f104717 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ffec9fc93881909b80bbfe324ebc2c |
completed | May 10, 2026, 2:25 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.