Triple

T16248464
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John "Scottie" Ferguson E394435 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object John Ferguson
John Ferguson, nicknamed "Scottie," is the troubled former police detective protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film *Vertigo*.
 E1206935 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 Ferguson | Statement: [John "Scottie" Ferguson, fullName, John Ferguson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ferguson
Context triple: [John "Scottie" Ferguson, fullName, John Ferguson]
  • A. John Ferguson
    John Ferguson is a celebrated former Australian rugby league winger renowned for his speed, try-scoring ability, and key role in the Canberra Raiders’ late-1980s success.
  • B. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • C. Tom Fergusson
    Tom Fergusson was a Scottish football figure best known as the founder of Stirling Albion F.C.
  • D. Murray Ferguson
    Murray Ferguson is a television producer and executive known for overseeing various acclaimed drama series.
  • E. Richard Ferguson
    Richard Ferguson was a mid-20th-century middle-distance runner known for competing at an elite level during the era of the famed “Miracle Mile.”
  • 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 Ferguson
Triple: [John "Scottie" Ferguson, fullName, John Ferguson]
Generated description
John Ferguson, nicknamed "Scottie," is the troubled former police detective protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film *Vertigo*.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Ferguson
Target entity description: John Ferguson, nicknamed "Scottie," is the troubled former police detective protagonist of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1958 film *Vertigo*.
  • A. John Ferguson
    John Ferguson is a celebrated former Australian rugby league winger renowned for his speed, try-scoring ability, and key role in the Canberra Raiders’ late-1980s success.
  • B. William Ferguson
    William Ferguson was an Aboriginal Australian civil rights leader and activist who played a key role in organizing early campaigns for Indigenous rights and equality in the 20th century.
  • C. Tom Fergusson
    Tom Fergusson was a Scottish football figure best known as the founder of Stirling Albion F.C.
  • D. Murray Ferguson
    Murray Ferguson is a television producer and executive known for overseeing various acclaimed drama series.
  • E. Richard Ferguson
    Richard Ferguson was a mid-20th-century middle-distance runner known for competing at an elite level during the era of the famed “Miracle Mile.”
  • 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e245942460819080897afad0d2fe09 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0025f740ec8190ab075c953e27cfba completed May 10, 2026, 6:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0026da02448190b971fdc6420a078b completed May 10, 2026, 6:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0027f99d948190b22812f0c9a2c0ff completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.