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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.