Triple
T1654432
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Midland Railway |
E35764
|
entity |
| Predicate | chiefEngineerAssociated |
P616
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Allport
James Allport was a prominent 19th-century British railway engineer and administrator who played a key role in the development and expansion of the Midland Railway network.
|
E186985
|
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: James Allport | Statement: [Midland Railway, chiefEngineerAssociated, James Allport]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Allport Context triple: [Midland Railway, chiefEngineerAssociated, James Allport]
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A.
James McKeen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell was an influential American psychologist and early psychometrician who helped establish experimental psychology and mental testing in the United States.
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B.
G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall was an American psychologist and educator who founded the first psychology research laboratory in the United States and became the first president of the American Psychological Association.
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C.
Edward Bradford Titchener
Edward Bradford Titchener was a British-born psychologist who became a leading figure in early experimental psychology and is best known for developing the school of structuralism in the United States.
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D.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
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E.
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler was an Austrian physician and psychotherapist who founded individual psychology, emphasizing feelings of inferiority, social interest, and the drive for significance in human behavior.
- 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: James Allport Triple: [Midland Railway, chiefEngineerAssociated, James Allport]
Generated description
James Allport was a prominent 19th-century British railway engineer and administrator who played a key role in the development and expansion of the Midland Railway network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Allport Target entity description: James Allport was a prominent 19th-century British railway engineer and administrator who played a key role in the development and expansion of the Midland Railway network.
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A.
James McKeen Cattell
James McKeen Cattell was an influential American psychologist and early psychometrician who helped establish experimental psychology and mental testing in the United States.
-
B.
G. Stanley Hall
G. Stanley Hall was an American psychologist and educator who founded the first psychology research laboratory in the United States and became the first president of the American Psychological Association.
-
C.
Edward Bradford Titchener
Edward Bradford Titchener was a British-born psychologist who became a leading figure in early experimental psychology and is best known for developing the school of structuralism in the United States.
-
D.
John B. Watson
John B. Watson was an American psychologist who founded the school of behaviorism, emphasizing the study of observable behavior over introspection.
-
E.
Alfred Adler
Alfred Adler was an Austrian physician and psychotherapist who founded individual psychology, emphasizing feelings of inferiority, social interest, and the drive for significance in human behavior.
- 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_69a8860568888190a32cd9f70acbba42 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa61e142ac8190aa2fbd8f0826b5b2 |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad60ad3bb48190a096ff7813748168 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad61ff65b881909009c230780a146e |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad62ec3a80819085fef1c378b9abdc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.