Triple

T17181831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Francis Wade E417001 entity
Predicate describedBySource P519 FINISHED
Object Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an extensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history and culture.
 E3627 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: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | Statement: [Thomas Francis Wade, describedBySource, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Context triple: [Thomas Francis Wade, describedBySource, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
  • A. Dictionary of National Biography
    The Dictionary of National Biography is a comprehensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history.
  • B. Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Encyclopaedia Britannica is a long-standing, highly respected general knowledge reference work first published in the 18th century and now available in both print and digital formats.
  • C. Dictionary of American Biography
    The Dictionary of American Biography is a multi-volume reference work containing scholarly biographical essays on significant figures in American history, originally published in the early 20th century.
  • D. Australian Dictionary of Biography
    The Australian Dictionary of Biography is a comprehensive national reference work that provides scholarly biographical entries on notable figures in Australian history.
  • E. Oxford Dictionary of English
    The Oxford Dictionary of English is a comprehensive, authoritative single-volume dictionary of contemporary English published by Oxford University Press.
  • 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: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Triple: [Thomas Francis Wade, describedBySource, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
Generated description
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an extensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history and culture.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Target entity description: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is an extensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history and culture.
  • A. Dictionary of National Biography chosen
    The Dictionary of National Biography is a comprehensive reference work that provides scholarly biographical articles on notable figures in British history.
  • B. Encyclopaedia Britannica
    Encyclopaedia Britannica is a long-standing, highly respected general knowledge reference work first published in the 18th century and now available in both print and digital formats.
  • C. Dictionary of American Biography
    The Dictionary of American Biography is a multi-volume reference work containing scholarly biographical essays on significant figures in American history, originally published in the early 20th century.
  • D. Australian Dictionary of Biography
    The Australian Dictionary of Biography is a comprehensive national reference work that provides scholarly biographical entries on notable figures in Australian history.
  • E. Oxford Dictionary of English
    The Oxford Dictionary of English is a comprehensive, authoritative single-volume dictionary of contemporary English published by Oxford University Press.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d886d5f34c8190b24564dfaa63f3fb completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3fc1187808190aeaa0d0e6487957e completed April 18, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a014847a19481909b1249c2fe428bfc completed May 11, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a014cf269b48190bf58eb71a9fec897 completed May 11, 2026, 3:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a014d5d10b4819086969145c2d4fb56 completed May 11, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:37 a.m.