Triple
T21985869
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Henry Lang |
E542959
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Henry Lang |
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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: William Henry Lang | Statement: [William Henry Lang, name, William Henry Lang]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Henry Lang Context triple: [William Henry Lang, name, William Henry Lang]
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A.
William Henry Lang
chosen
William Henry Lang was a British botanist and paleobotanist known for his pioneering studies of early land plants, including the Devonian fossil plant Rhynia.
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B.
William Elford Leach
William Elford Leach was a British zoologist and marine biologist of the early 19th century known for his influential work in classifying a wide range of animal groups, including birds and crustaceans.
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C.
John Langton
John Langton is a name shared by several notable historical English figures, including medieval bishops and politicians.
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D.
William Stroudley
William Stroudley was a prominent 19th-century British locomotive engineer best known for designing successful and influential steam engines for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.
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E.
C. A. Langbridge
C. A. Langbridge is a British public figure who has served as the ceremonial representative of the Crown in the county of Mid Glamorgan.
- 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_69e0c48136b081908831fa907cc02e18 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f12709cb288190a2620e337fea364c |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:30 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:04 p.m.