Triple

T16141549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Greg family E391667 entity
Predicate notableMember P10 FINISHED
Object William Rathbone Greg
William Rathbone Greg was a 19th-century English essayist and political writer known for his influential works on social, economic, and religious issues during the Victorian era.
 E1195655 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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 Rathbone Greg | Statement: [Greg family, notableMember, William Rathbone Greg]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Rathbone Greg
Context triple: [Greg family, notableMember, William Rathbone Greg]
  • A. George Murchison
    George Murchison is a wealthy, educated suitor of Beneatha Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," representing assimilationist values and middle-class Black respectability.
  • B. John Bracebridge Wilson
    John Bracebridge Wilson was an Australian educator best known for founding the prestigious Geelong Grammar School in Victoria.
  • C. Edward Blake
    Edward Blake was a prominent 19th-century Canadian lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Premier of Ontario and later as leader of the federal Liberal Party.
  • D. Edward Blake
    Edward Blake, better known as the Comedian, is a brutal, government-backed costumed vigilante and central antihero in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel "Watchmen."
  • E. William Lambton
    William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Rathbone Greg
Target entity description: William Rathbone Greg was a 19th-century English essayist and political writer known for his influential works on social, economic, and religious issues during the Victorian era.
  • A. George Murchison
    George Murchison is a wealthy, educated suitor of Beneatha Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun," representing assimilationist values and middle-class Black respectability.
  • B. John Bracebridge Wilson
    John Bracebridge Wilson was an Australian educator best known for founding the prestigious Geelong Grammar School in Victoria.
  • C. Edward Blake
    Edward Blake was a prominent 19th-century Canadian lawyer and Liberal politician who served as Premier of Ontario and later as leader of the federal Liberal Party.
  • D. Edward Blake
    Edward Blake, better known as the Comedian, is a brutal, government-backed costumed vigilante and central antihero in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' graphic novel "Watchmen."
  • E. William Lambton
    William Lambton was a British army officer and surveyor best known for initiating and leading the early phases of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in the early 19th century.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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 Rathbone Greg
Triple: [Greg family, notableMember, William Rathbone Greg]
Generated description
William Rathbone Greg was a 19th-century English essayist and political writer known for his influential works on social, economic, and religious issues during the Victorian era.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d87f1c65e48190aa2b4c472e9bafc4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69e21a087c848190aba9ed2ccb422427 ner completed
NED1 batch_69fff2b75988819094baaff8f53f48ce ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69fff3f4f20c8190902df70625d3aad0 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69fff36d39f48190bb48a1821f08664a nedg completed
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:01 a.m.