Triple

T2528512
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject University of Hull E56097 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Thomas Ferens
Thomas Ferens was a British industrialist and philanthropist best known for endowing educational and cultural institutions in Hull, including playing a key role in the creation of the University of Hull.
E274729 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: Thomas Ferens | Statement: [University of Hull, founder, Thomas Ferens]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Ferens
Context triple: [University of Hull, founder, Thomas Ferens]
  • A. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • B. Joseph Mather
    Joseph Mather was a member of the prominent Mather family of New England Puritan ministers, known primarily as a son of influential clergyman Richard Mather.
  • C. Keith Foulke
    Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
  • D. Roy Farrell
    Roy Farrell was an American entrepreneur and aviation pioneer best known for co-founding the Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific in the mid-20th century.
  • E. George Kirrin
    George Kirrin is the adventurous, tomboyish girl from Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series who insists on being called “George” and often leads the group’s daring escapades.
  • 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: Thomas Ferens
Triple: [University of Hull, founder, Thomas Ferens]
Generated description
Thomas Ferens was a British industrialist and philanthropist best known for endowing educational and cultural institutions in Hull, including playing a key role in the creation of the University of Hull.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomas Ferens
Target entity description: Thomas Ferens was a British industrialist and philanthropist best known for endowing educational and cultural institutions in Hull, including playing a key role in the creation of the University of Hull.
  • A. John Bluthal
    John Bluthal was a Polish-born British actor best known for his comic roles in British television and film, including his memorable performance in the sitcom "The Vicar of Dibley."
  • B. Joseph Mather
    Joseph Mather was a member of the prominent Mather family of New England Puritan ministers, known primarily as a son of influential clergyman Richard Mather.
  • C. Keith Foulke
    Keith Foulke is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher best known as the Boston Red Sox closer who played a pivotal role in their 2004 World Series championship run.
  • D. Roy Farrell
    Roy Farrell was an American entrepreneur and aviation pioneer best known for co-founding the Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific in the mid-20th century.
  • E. George Kirrin
    George Kirrin is the adventurous, tomboyish girl from Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series who insists on being called “George” and often leads the group’s daring escapades.
  • 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_69ab4a48e4f081908f1218d244608659 completed March 6, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd25903f08190b46e12d32278daca completed March 7, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69af2bb3b55c81909e72ed055887ecca completed March 9, 2026, 8:21 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69af41aa199c8190b4478a93c41ae18a completed March 9, 2026, 9:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69af4277601c8190b55d5c5504dcd0ab completed March 9, 2026, 9:58 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:46 p.m.