Triple
T16019654
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Masson |
E388565
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Masson
William Masson is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Masson.
|
E1220240
|
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 Masson | Statement: [Masson, hasNotableBearer, William Masson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Masson Context triple: [Masson, hasNotableBearer, William Masson]
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A.
William Marris
William Marris was a British colonial administrator and scholar who served as a governor in British India and was involved in early 20th-century imperial and political reform circles.
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B.
John Masson
John Masson is a person notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Masson.
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C.
John Watherstone
John Watherstone is a fictional character known primarily as the fiancé of Catherine Winslow in the play "The Winslow Boy" by Terence Rattigan.
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D.
Richard Mawhinney
Richard Mawhinney is the husband of Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, a prominent British lawyer and politician who has served as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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E.
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his work on the restoration and design of medieval-style castles, country houses, and churches.
- 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 Masson Triple: [Masson, hasNotableBearer, William Masson]
Generated description
William Masson is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Masson.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Masson Target entity description: William Masson is a person notable enough to be recognized as a bearer of the surname Masson.
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A.
William Marris
William Marris was a British colonial administrator and scholar who served as a governor in British India and was involved in early 20th-century imperial and political reform circles.
-
B.
John Masson
John Masson is a person notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Masson.
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C.
John Watherstone
John Watherstone is a fictional character known primarily as the fiancé of Catherine Winslow in the play "The Winslow Boy" by Terence Rattigan.
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D.
Richard Mawhinney
Richard Mawhinney is the husband of Patricia Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, a prominent British lawyer and politician who has served as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
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E.
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin was a prominent 19th-century English architect best known for his work on the restoration and design of medieval-style castles, country houses, and churches.
- 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_69d86dabcb7c8190b6a39d6831d2fa1b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e183222e4c81909a3ab51446b671bd |
completed | April 17, 2026, 12:47 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0067948b308190a434cdf1d45ebef4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:10 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00686f87408190b7d8a41cd54735d8 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a006b6edd7081908730363b267253dd |
completed | May 10, 2026, 11:26 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:55 a.m.