Triple
T16490119
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Spottiswoode |
E400545
|
entity |
| Predicate | areaOfInfluence |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British scientific community
The British scientific community is the collective body of scientists, researchers, and learned societies in the United Kingdom that has played a central role in advancing global science and shaping modern scientific thought.
|
E1217099
|
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: British scientific community | Statement: [William Spottiswoode, areaOfInfluence, British scientific community]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British scientific community Context triple: [William Spottiswoode, areaOfInfluence, British scientific community]
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A.
British Association for the Advancement of Science
The British Association for the Advancement of Science was a 19th- and 20th-century learned society in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting and organizing public engagement with scientific research and education.
-
B.
Royal Society scientific committees
The Royal Society scientific committees were key advisory bodies of leading scientists that guided the United Kingdom’s research priorities and technical decisions during wartime.
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C.
Royal Society
The Royal Society is the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
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D.
British International Research Institutes
The British International Research Institutes are a network of overseas scholarly centers supported by the British Academy that facilitate advanced research and academic collaboration in the humanities and social sciences.
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E.
Royal Institution
The Royal Institution is a historic London-based scientific organization renowned for its pioneering research, public lectures, and association with prominent scientists such as Michael Faraday.
- 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: British scientific community Triple: [William Spottiswoode, areaOfInfluence, British scientific community]
Generated description
The British scientific community is the collective body of scientists, researchers, and learned societies in the United Kingdom that has played a central role in advancing global science and shaping modern scientific thought.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British scientific community Target entity description: The British scientific community is the collective body of scientists, researchers, and learned societies in the United Kingdom that has played a central role in advancing global science and shaping modern scientific thought.
-
A.
British Association for the Advancement of Science
The British Association for the Advancement of Science was a 19th- and 20th-century learned society in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting and organizing public engagement with scientific research and education.
-
B.
Royal Society scientific committees
The Royal Society scientific committees were key advisory bodies of leading scientists that guided the United Kingdom’s research priorities and technical decisions during wartime.
-
C.
Royal Society
The Royal Society is the United Kingdom’s national academy of sciences, renowned as one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious scientific institutions dedicated to promoting excellence in science.
-
D.
British International Research Institutes
The British International Research Institutes are a network of overseas scholarly centers supported by the British Academy that facilitate advanced research and academic collaboration in the humanities and social sciences.
-
E.
Royal Institution
The Royal Institution is a historic London-based scientific organization renowned for its pioneering research, public lectures, and association with prominent scientists such as Michael Faraday.
- 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_69d883813098819084f5409539723b59 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e32e2f31f48190825af5934d976ab7 |
completed | April 18, 2026, 7:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00582472388190a3c338ab636da9c6 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:04 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0059126e588190b531c145f3c155b4 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0059b5a1f8819089caefc121246739 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 10:11 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:13 a.m.