Triple

T16748140
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject The Lancet E407007 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas Wakley
Thomas Wakley was a 19th-century English surgeon, radical reformer, and politician best known for founding the influential medical journal The Lancet.
E1233144 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: Thomas Wakley | Statement: [The Lancet, foundedBy, Thomas Wakley]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Wakley
Context triple: [The Lancet, foundedBy, Thomas Wakley]
  • A. Gilbert Wakefield
    Gilbert Wakefield was an 18th-century English scholar, classical critic, and controversial theologian known for his radical political views and biblical scholarship.
  • B. Horace Hayman Wilson
    Horace Hayman Wilson was a 19th-century British orientalist and Sanskrit scholar known for his pioneering translations of Indian texts and his contributions to the study of South Asian languages and culture.
  • C. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • D. Ernest Weekley
    Ernest Weekley was a British philologist and etymologist best known for his influential works on the English language and for being the former husband of writer D. H. Lawrence’s wife, Frieda.
  • E. Francis Wenham
    Francis Wenham was a 19th-century British engineer and early aeronautical pioneer who played a key role in the development of aviation theory and institutions.
  • 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: Thomas Wakley
Triple: [The Lancet, foundedBy, Thomas Wakley]
Generated description
Thomas Wakley was a 19th-century English surgeon, radical reformer, and politician best known for founding the influential medical journal The Lancet.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Wakley
Target entity description: Thomas Wakley was a 19th-century English surgeon, radical reformer, and politician best known for founding the influential medical journal The Lancet.
  • A. Gilbert Wakefield
    Gilbert Wakefield was an 18th-century English scholar, classical critic, and controversial theologian known for his radical political views and biblical scholarship.
  • B. Horace Hayman Wilson
    Horace Hayman Wilson was a 19th-century British orientalist and Sanskrit scholar known for his pioneering translations of Indian texts and his contributions to the study of South Asian languages and culture.
  • C. Edward Holcroft
    Edward Holcroft is a British actor known for his roles in film and television, including appearances in the Kingsman franchise and the series London Spy.
  • D. Ernest Weekley
    Ernest Weekley was a British philologist and etymologist best known for his influential works on the English language and for being the former husband of writer D. H. Lawrence’s wife, Frieda.
  • E. Francis Wenham
    Francis Wenham was a 19th-century British engineer and early aeronautical pioneer who played a key role in the development of aviation theory and institutions.
  • 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_69d8838ffb088190a0b11149929006bf completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3aa2439848190a86a5bfc0702e2fe completed April 18, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00aaf3c6088190a8301a9613d74474 completed May 10, 2026, 3:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00ac0e10648190803bf962a4677104 completed May 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00acc658f881908db64ebfa5a86f84 completed May 10, 2026, 4:05 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.