Triple

T1981615
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Second voyage of James Cook E43037 entity
Predicate includedAstronomer P35757 FINISHED
Object William Wales
William Wales was an 18th-century British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on longitude and his participation in James Cook’s voyages of exploration.
E221227 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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 Wales | Statement: [Second voyage of James Cook, includedAstronomer, William Wales]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Wales
Context triple: [Second voyage of James Cook, includedAstronomer, William Wales]
  • A. John Davies
    John Davies was a British Conservative politician and businessman who served in senior government roles during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • B. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Huw
    Huw is a Welsh given name, traditionally used as a form of Hugh.
  • E. Edwin Craye
    Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
  • 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 Wales
Triple: [Second voyage of James Cook, includedAstronomer, William Wales]
Generated description
William Wales was an 18th-century British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on longitude and his participation in James Cook’s voyages of exploration.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Wales
Target entity description: William Wales was an 18th-century British astronomer and mathematician known for his work on longitude and his participation in James Cook’s voyages of exploration.
  • A. John Davies
    John Davies was a British Conservative politician and businessman who served in senior government roles during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
  • B. John Knightbridge
    John Knightbridge was a benefactor whose legacy in moral philosophy is commemorated through a prestigious professorship at the University of Cambridge.
  • C. Edward Ward
    Edward Ward was an American film composer best known for scoring numerous Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • D. Huw
    Huw is a Welsh given name, traditionally used as a form of Hugh.
  • E. Edwin Craye
    Edwin Craye is a fictional character from P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster universe, appearing in the novel "Joy in the Morning."
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: includedAstronomer
Context triple: [Second voyage of James Cook, includedAstronomer, William Wales]
  • A. GalileoGalileiRole
    Indicates the role, position, or capacity in which Galileo Galilei is related to or involved with another entity or activity.
  • B. astronomicalAssociation
    Indicates a relationship where one astronomical object or phenomenon is associated with, related to, or linked in context to another in an astronomical sense.
  • C. astronomicalType
    Indicates the classification relationship that specifies what kind of astronomical object or phenomenon something is (e.g., star, galaxy, planet).
  • D. astronomicalDataUsedBy
    Indicates that astronomical data is utilized or referenced by another entity for its operations, analysis, or decision-making.
  • E. astronomicalAchievement
    Indicates an entity has accomplished a notable or significant feat in the field of astronomy or space exploration.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb96f932881908bebfc4176fda7c0 completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae032e1f648190acb502b9f82fe8c2 completed March 8, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae03b52ed08190a8c8fb8f81073bb3 completed March 8, 2026, 11:18 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0433b90c81909af348d9a3dcdbec completed March 8, 2026, 11:20 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abb798d288819083132cf14605bd02 completed March 7, 2026, 5:28 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69abb96e07c08190beed60096e9d71b4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.