Triple
T20633636
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nathan Clifford |
E507018
|
entity |
| Predicate | child |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Henry Clifford |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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 Henry Clifford | Statement: [Nathan Clifford, child, William Henry Clifford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Clifford Context triple: [Nathan Clifford, child, William Henry Clifford]
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A.
William Kingdon Clifford
William Kingdon Clifford was a 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher known for his work on geometric algebra and for the philosophical concept of "Clifford's principle" about the ethics of belief.
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B.
William Clifford
William Clifford was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his roles in numerous dramas and features of the era.
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C.
Sir William Rouse Ball
Sir William Rouse Ball was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics best known for his influential book "Mathematical Recreations and Essays."
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D.
A. H. Sylvester
A. H. Sylvester was an early 20th-century American topographer and explorer known for his pioneering survey and climbing work in the Sierra Nevada.
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E.
Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Clifford Target entity description: William Henry Clifford was the son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford and a member of the prominent Clifford family in 19th-century American legal and political circles.
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A.
William Kingdon Clifford
William Kingdon Clifford was a 19th-century English mathematician and philosopher known for his work on geometric algebra and for the philosophical concept of "Clifford's principle" about the ethics of belief.
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B.
William Clifford
William Clifford was an American silent film actor active in the early 20th century, known for his roles in numerous dramas and features of the era.
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C.
Sir William Rouse Ball
Sir William Rouse Ball was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics best known for his influential book "Mathematical Recreations and Essays."
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D.
A. H. Sylvester
A. H. Sylvester was an early 20th-century American topographer and explorer known for his pioneering survey and climbing work in the Sierra Nevada.
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E.
Augustus De Morgan
Augustus De Morgan was a 19th-century British mathematician and logician known for formulating De Morgan's laws and contributing foundational work to symbolic logic.
- F. None of above. chosen
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_69e0b4bd4a0081908d4e97a590a33fb2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6ad0d808c81908a60abd02a22ed92 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 10:47 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:42 a.m.