Triple

T17021544
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Andrew Gallagher E412957 entity
Predicate coAuthor P398 FINISHED
Object William Roger Louis
William Roger Louis is a prominent historian of the British Empire and decolonization, known for his extensive scholarship on imperial policy and the end of colonial rule.
E1247153 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: William Roger Louis | Statement: [John Andrew Gallagher, coAuthor, William Roger Louis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Roger Louis
Context triple: [John Andrew Gallagher, coAuthor, William Roger Louis]
  • A. Frederick Carlton Lewis
    Frederick Carlton Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals and became one of the sport’s most celebrated sprinters and long jumpers.
  • B. William Robert Bruce
    William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
  • C. Lionel Royce
    Lionel Royce was an Austrian-born actor active in early 20th-century European and American film and theater.
  • D. Lionel Pearson
    Lionel Pearson was a British architect known for designing notable war memorials and public buildings in the early 20th century.
  • E. Harold Fraser
    Harold Fraser was the birth name of Snub Pollard, an Australian-born silent film comedian known for his work in early Hollywood slapstick comedies.
  • 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: William Roger Louis
Triple: [John Andrew Gallagher, coAuthor, William Roger Louis]
Generated description
William Roger Louis is a prominent historian of the British Empire and decolonization, known for his extensive scholarship on imperial policy and the end of colonial rule.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Roger Louis
Target entity description: William Roger Louis is a prominent historian of the British Empire and decolonization, known for his extensive scholarship on imperial policy and the end of colonial rule.
  • A. Frederick Carlton Lewis
    Frederick Carlton Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals and became one of the sport’s most celebrated sprinters and long jumpers.
  • B. William Robert Bruce
    William Robert Bruce was a member of the Scottish aristocratic Bruce family and the brother of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, famed for acquiring the Elgin Marbles.
  • C. Lionel Royce
    Lionel Royce was an Austrian-born actor active in early 20th-century European and American film and theater.
  • D. Lionel Pearson
    Lionel Pearson was a British architect known for designing notable war memorials and public buildings in the early 20th century.
  • E. Harold Fraser
    Harold Fraser was the birth name of Snub Pollard, an Australian-born silent film comedian known for his work in early Hollywood slapstick comedies.
  • 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_69d886cc4170819093deddc7b8b4b6a7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d5d0dc848190a267f8542dfb86a6 completed April 18, 2026, 7:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a011b4f9dfc819085639edb5cda1cca completed May 10, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a011cc1afc48190b83e3203407c1d7f completed May 11, 2026, 12:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a011d67c82c8190b737406e8952eb2b completed May 11, 2026, 12:05 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.