Triple
T2692214
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Rob Ford |
E58428
|
entity |
| Predicate | birthName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Bruce Ford
Robert Bruce Ford was a controversial Canadian politician who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014, gaining international notoriety for his populist style and substance abuse scandals.
|
E289904
|
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: Robert Bruce Ford | Statement: [Rob Ford, birthName, Robert Bruce Ford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Bruce Ford Context triple: [Rob Ford, birthName, Robert Bruce Ford]
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A.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
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B.
James Fleming
James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
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C.
Fred Ford
Fred Ford is a video game designer and programmer best known as the co-creator of the Star Control series and co-founder of the game development studio Toys for Bob.
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D.
James Finlayson
James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
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E.
William Nathan Boyd
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
- 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: Robert Bruce Ford Triple: [Rob Ford, birthName, Robert Bruce Ford]
Generated description
Robert Bruce Ford was a controversial Canadian politician who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014, gaining international notoriety for his populist style and substance abuse scandals.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Bruce Ford Target entity description: Robert Bruce Ford was a controversial Canadian politician who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014, gaining international notoriety for his populist style and substance abuse scandals.
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A.
Philip Woodruff
Philip Woodruff was the pen name of British civil servant Philip Mason, best known for his influential writings on the British Raj and the Indian Civil Service.
-
B.
James Fleming
James Fleming is a relatively common personal name shared by various individuals across fields such as politics, sports, and the arts.
-
C.
Fred Ford
Fred Ford is a video game designer and programmer best known as the co-creator of the Star Control series and co-founder of the game development studio Toys for Bob.
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D.
James Finlayson
James Finlayson was a Scottish-born character actor best known for his comic roles in silent and early sound films, particularly his frequent collaborations with the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
-
E.
William Nathan Boyd
William Nathan Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician best known for playing the hobbit Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy.
- 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_69ab4ac269e481909cb317d79e68b75b |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abda0dd97c81909a60cf200f57c087 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afaf6501088190b8fe1ba8de4f6e00 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb039cdcc8190953368c1f6757503 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb0c27ee48190a319fd2fab02f755 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 5:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:54 p.m.