Triple

T2669215
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oxford English Dictionary E55708 entity
Predicate hasChiefEditor P19440 FINISHED
Object William Craigie (historical)
William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
E288124 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: William Craigie (historical) | Statement: [Oxford English Dictionary, hasChiefEditor, William Craigie (historical)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Craigie (historical)
Context triple: [Oxford English Dictionary, hasChiefEditor, William Craigie (historical)]
  • A. David Dickson
    David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
  • B. William Robertson
    William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • C. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • D. James Pattison Cockburn
    James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
  • E. John Brotherton
    John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
  • 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 Craigie (historical)
Triple: [Oxford English Dictionary, hasChiefEditor, William Craigie (historical)]
Generated description
William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Craigie (historical)
Target entity description: William Craigie was a Scottish philologist and lexicographer best known as one of the principal editors of the Oxford English Dictionary in the early 20th century.
  • A. David Dickson
    David Dickson was a prominent 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and theologian known for his influential role in the Covenanter movement and his widely read biblical commentaries.
  • B. William Robertson
    William Robertson was an influential 18th-century Scottish historian and Presbyterian minister whose works and leadership at the University of Edinburgh made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • C. William Kirkpatrick
    William Kirkpatrick is a relatively obscure individual whose name is shared with multiple historical and contemporary figures across politics, military service, and public life.
  • D. James Pattison Cockburn
    James Pattison Cockburn was a 19th-century British army officer and topographical artist known for his detailed landscape drawings and watercolors, particularly of Canada and Europe.
  • E. John Brotherton
    John Brotherton is an American actor known for his roles in horror films like "The Conjuring" and television series such as "Fuller House."
  • 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_69ab49e54de48190be708cd1cf8be073 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd1e80dc819083e04e1427d187d0 completed March 7, 2026, 8:09 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afa05d028c8190860587da07ea7e9b completed March 10, 2026, 4:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afa0fef4c481908db42628cd6e72fe completed March 10, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afa1fc3884819094503650206ec788 completed March 10, 2026, 4:45 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.