Triple

T16924850
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rollright Stones E410543 entity
Predicate surveyedBy P6157 FINISHED
Object Alexander Thom
Alexander Thom was a Scottish engineer and archaeoastronomer renowned for his influential surveys of megalithic sites and his controversial theories about prehistoric astronomy and measurement.
E1241280 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: Alexander Thom | Statement: [Rollright Stones, surveyedBy, Alexander Thom]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Thom
Context triple: [Rollright Stones, surveyedBy, Alexander Thom]
  • A. Colin Renfrew
    Colin Renfrew is a prominent British archaeologist and prehistorian known for his influential work on the prehistory of the Aegean and for reshaping theories about the origins of European civilization.
  • B. Graham Hancock
    Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
  • C. Stuart Piggott
    Stuart Piggott was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist and prehistorian known for his influential excavations and scholarship on Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain.
  • D. Ian Greer
    Ian Greer is a British academic and medical researcher who serves as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast.
  • E. Geoffrey Lloyd
    Geoffrey Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who served in several ministerial roles in the mid-20th century, particularly in areas related to energy and industry.
  • 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: Alexander Thom
Triple: [Rollright Stones, surveyedBy, Alexander Thom]
Generated description
Alexander Thom was a Scottish engineer and archaeoastronomer renowned for his influential surveys of megalithic sites and his controversial theories about prehistoric astronomy and measurement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Thom
Target entity description: Alexander Thom was a Scottish engineer and archaeoastronomer renowned for his influential surveys of megalithic sites and his controversial theories about prehistoric astronomy and measurement.
  • A. Colin Renfrew
    Colin Renfrew is a prominent British archaeologist and prehistorian known for his influential work on the prehistory of the Aegean and for reshaping theories about the origins of European civilization.
  • B. Graham Hancock
    Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist best known for his controversial theories about ancient civilizations, lost advanced cultures, and alternative interpretations of archaeological evidence.
  • C. Stuart Piggott
    Stuart Piggott was a prominent 20th-century British archaeologist and prehistorian known for his influential excavations and scholarship on Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain.
  • D. Ian Greer
    Ian Greer is a British academic and medical researcher who serves as the President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast.
  • E. Geoffrey Lloyd
    Geoffrey Lloyd was a British Conservative politician who served in several ministerial roles in the mid-20th century, particularly in areas related to energy and industry.
  • 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_69d886c7b1e481908c3766dfa8c13458 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3cdf1347c819085cf754a0c3e19ed completed April 18, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00cfd8a88c8190adda386b62fe543c completed May 10, 2026, 6:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00d0a0852c8190991af93d50fa2216 completed May 10, 2026, 6:38 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00d14b83d88190b3dbc124d5b33029 completed May 10, 2026, 6:41 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:30 a.m.