Triple
T17901783
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Royal Institution Christmas Lectures |
E447596
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableLecturer |
P52523
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Richard Dawkins |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Richard Dawkins | Statement: [Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, notableLecturer, Richard Dawkins]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Dawkins Context triple: [Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, notableLecturer, Richard Dawkins]
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A.
Richard Dawkins
chosen
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and prominent science writer best known for popularizing gene-centered evolution and outspoken advocacy of atheism and secularism.
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B.
Raymond Dawkins
Raymond Dawkins is a character in the British soap opera "EastEnders," known as the son of long-running character Phil Mitchell.
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C.
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne is an American evolutionary biologist and outspoken critic of religion, best known for his work on speciation and his popular science book "Why Evolution Is True."
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D.
Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould was a prominent American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and science essayist known for his work on punctuated equilibrium and for popularizing evolutionary theory.
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E.
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III
Egbert Nathaniel Dawkins III is the American singer, songwriter, and musician better known by his stage name Aloe Blacc, recognized for soulful hits like "I Need a Dollar" and "The Man."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69d8b9f59bd48190a6fc925a855b8bac |
completed | April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e49e98fb688190815ac308e5ed7fde |
completed | April 19, 2026, 9:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:19 a.m.