Triple

T2705668
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sinclair E59334 entity
Predicate hasNotableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Sinclair Thomson
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
E302051 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: Sinclair Thomson | Statement: [Sinclair, hasNotableBearer, Sinclair Thomson]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Thomson
Context triple: [Sinclair, hasNotableBearer, Sinclair Thomson]
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Robert Semple
    Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
  • C. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • D. Edward Thompson
    Edward Thompson was a British railway engineer best known for serving as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway during the 1940s, where he oversaw the design and rebuilding of steam locomotives.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Sinclair Thomson
Triple: [Sinclair, hasNotableBearer, Sinclair Thomson]
Generated description
Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sinclair Thomson
Target entity description: Sinclair Thomson is a historian known for his scholarship on Latin American history, particularly indigenous politics and social movements in Bolivia.
  • A. John Mathieson
    John Mathieson is a British cinematographer known for his visually striking work on major films, particularly in collaboration with directors like Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie.
  • B. Robert Semple
    Robert Semple was an early California pioneer, printer, and political leader who played a key role in the transition of California to statehood.
  • C. Charles MacDonald
    Charles MacDonald was a distinguished American World War II fighter ace and U.S. Army Air Forces officer known for his combat achievements in the Pacific Theater.
  • D. Edward Thompson
    Edward Thompson was a British railway engineer best known for serving as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway during the 1940s, where he oversaw the design and rebuilding of steam locomotives.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ab4ac66bc88190b9e4afa5fc843f72 completed March 6, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abda559a908190ad5d92c11a398a03 completed March 7, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afce8317fc8190ab3736b950b92495 completed March 10, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcef4f8f881908deab641abe6586e completed March 10, 2026, 7:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcf60d3c88190a2e2bf49cd1ec766 completed March 10, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:55 p.m.