Triple

T1943963
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Victor E. Shelford E42019 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Shelford
Shelford is a surname most notably associated with Victor E. Shelford, an influential American zoologist and pioneer in the field of ecology.
 E219650 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: Shelford | Statement: [Victor E. Shelford, familyName, Shelford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelford
Context triple: [Victor E. Shelford, familyName, Shelford]
  • A. Sharneyford
    Sharneyford is a small settlement in Lancashire, England, situated within the Rossendale Valley near the border with West Yorkshire.
  • B. Delaford
    Delaford is the country estate in Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility" that becomes the home of Elinor Dashwood and Colonel Brandon.
  • C. Spryfield
    Spryfield is a residential community and commercial hub located on the mainland side of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • D. Burford
    Burford is a historic medieval market town in Oxfordshire, England, often regarded as one of the most picturesque settlements in the Cotswolds.
  • E. Swerford
    Swerford is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic stone cottages and picturesque countryside setting.
  • 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: Shelford
Triple: [Victor E. Shelford, familyName, Shelford]
Generated description
Shelford is a surname most notably associated with Victor E. Shelford, an influential American zoologist and pioneer in the field of ecology.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Shelford
Target entity description: Shelford is a surname most notably associated with Victor E. Shelford, an influential American zoologist and pioneer in the field of ecology.
  • A. Sharneyford
    Sharneyford is a small settlement in Lancashire, England, situated within the Rossendale Valley near the border with West Yorkshire.
  • B. Delaford
    Delaford is the country estate in Jane Austen’s "Sense and Sensibility" that becomes the home of Elinor Dashwood and Colonel Brandon.
  • C. Spryfield
    Spryfield is a residential community and commercial hub located on the mainland side of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • D. Burford
    Burford is a historic medieval market town in Oxfordshire, England, often regarded as one of the most picturesque settlements in the Cotswolds.
  • E. Swerford
    Swerford is a small rural village in Oxfordshire, England, known for its historic stone cottages and picturesque countryside setting.
  • 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_69a8870e08fc8190a319cbf2600db15f completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb2ff43108190af37ad12d123dcba completed March 7, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbb9b594819096747b580ec18fee completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc3d37e4819082673b84eb5a19f2 completed March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd7ef5588190ab85f3981466d1e0 completed March 8, 2026, 10:51 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.