Triple

T16425284
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ian Hay E398927 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object John Hay Beith
John Hay Beith was a Scottish schoolmaster, soldier, and popular novelist and playwright best known under his pen name Ian Hay for his humorous and patriotic writings, particularly about World War I.
E1214442 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 Hay Beith | Statement: [Ian Hay, birthName, John Hay Beith]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hay Beith
Context triple: [Ian Hay, birthName, John Hay Beith]
  • A. Clark W. Bryan
    Clark W. Bryan was an American publisher best known for creating the influential women's magazine Good Housekeeping in the late 19th century.
  • B. John Hay
    John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • C. John Hay
    John Hay was an American political figure who served as secretary of the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, a key gathering in North Carolina’s debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
  • D. Albert J. Beveridge
    Albert J. Beveridge was an American historian and U.S. senator from Indiana known for his progressive politics and influential writings on American history.
  • E. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • 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 Hay Beith
Triple: [Ian Hay, birthName, John Hay Beith]
Generated description
John Hay Beith was a Scottish schoolmaster, soldier, and popular novelist and playwright best known under his pen name Ian Hay for his humorous and patriotic writings, particularly about World War I.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hay Beith
Target entity description: John Hay Beith was a Scottish schoolmaster, soldier, and popular novelist and playwright best known under his pen name Ian Hay for his humorous and patriotic writings, particularly about World War I.
  • A. Clark W. Bryan
    Clark W. Bryan was an American publisher best known for creating the influential women's magazine Good Housekeeping in the late 19th century.
  • B. John Hay
    John Hay was an influential American statesman, diplomat, and author who served as U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • C. John Hay
    John Hay was an American political figure who served as secretary of the Hillsborough Convention of 1788, a key gathering in North Carolina’s debate over ratifying the U.S. Constitution.
  • D. Albert J. Beveridge
    Albert J. Beveridge was an American historian and U.S. senator from Indiana known for his progressive politics and influential writings on American history.
  • E. Peter Hardeman Burnett
    Peter Hardeman Burnett was an American politician and lawyer who became the first elected civilian governor of California after it gained statehood in 1850.
  • 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_69d87f2b9024819085c20e52de95d583 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e328faa7448190a2606f1b37ea0a3d completed April 18, 2026, 6:47 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a004f457b8c8190b278697ef43301cb completed May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a004ff9e2e88190afa4726e3ba71ea9 completed May 10, 2026, 9:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00505beaa881909aca531af1149fbc completed May 10, 2026, 9:31 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:09 a.m.