Triple

T2778651
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge E61637 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object William Smyth
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
E298123 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 Smyth | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, William Smyth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smyth
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, William Smyth]
  • A. Henry Savile
    Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
  • B. Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse
    Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, was a 19th-century Irish peer and politician known for his regional leadership roles and service within the British aristocratic and administrative system.
  • C. Leonard Jenyns
    Leonard Jenyns was a 19th-century English clergyman and naturalist known for his contributions to zoology and for declining the Beagle voyage later taken by Charles Darwin.
  • D. Dr Vesey Stanhope
    Dr Vesey Stanhope is a worldly, indolent clergyman and patriarch of a troublesome family in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, most notably in "Barchester Towers."
  • E. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • 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 Smyth
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, William Smyth]
Generated description
William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Smyth
Target entity description: William Smyth was a prominent British historian and academic who became one of the leading figures in modern historical scholarship at the University of Cambridge.
  • A. Henry Savile
    Henry Savile was an English scholar and classical translator best known for his role in the King James Bible translation and his work as Warden of Merton College, Oxford.
  • B. Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse
    Laurence Parsons, 2nd Earl of Rosse, was a 19th-century Irish peer and politician known for his regional leadership roles and service within the British aristocratic and administrative system.
  • C. Leonard Jenyns
    Leonard Jenyns was a 19th-century English clergyman and naturalist known for his contributions to zoology and for declining the Beagle voyage later taken by Charles Darwin.
  • D. Dr Vesey Stanhope
    Dr Vesey Stanhope is a worldly, indolent clergyman and patriarch of a troublesome family in Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire novels, most notably in "Barchester Towers."
  • E. William Marsden
    William Marsden was a prominent 19th-century British surgeon and medical philanthropist who founded both the Royal Free Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
  • 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_69ab4b7e43c48190997b8fc8fb1663ab completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd83c5fc8190936b971d5577d3f9 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc05cf84881908e771471dbda4c8d completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc1f3741c8190a806f8cc14fc6334 completed March 10, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc24c63188190a51f5ae9f2955f0a completed March 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.