Triple

T2778657
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 Quentin Skinner
Quentin Skinner is a prominent British intellectual historian and political theorist known for his influential work on the history of political thought and the development of the Cambridge School of contextualist interpretation.
E298128 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: Quentin Skinner | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Quentin Skinner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quentin Skinner
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Quentin Skinner]
  • A. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • B. Peter Gay
    Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
  • C. A. J. P. Taylor
    A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
  • D. F. W. Maitland
    F. W. Maitland was a preeminent English legal historian whose pioneering work on medieval English law profoundly shaped the modern study of legal history.
  • E. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • 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: Quentin Skinner
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Quentin Skinner]
Generated description
Quentin Skinner is a prominent British intellectual historian and political theorist known for his influential work on the history of political thought and the development of the Cambridge School of contextualist interpretation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quentin Skinner
Target entity description: Quentin Skinner is a prominent British intellectual historian and political theorist known for his influential work on the history of political thought and the development of the Cambridge School of contextualist interpretation.
  • A. Hugh Trevor-Roper
    Hugh Trevor-Roper was a prominent 20th-century British historian and Oxford professor best known for his works on early modern Europe and Nazi Germany, including his influential study "The Last Days of Hitler."
  • B. Peter Gay
    Peter Gay was a German-born American historian and author best known for his influential works on the Enlightenment, the Victorian middle class, and the history of psychoanalysis.
  • C. A. J. P. Taylor
    A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
  • D. F. W. Maitland
    F. W. Maitland was a preeminent English legal historian whose pioneering work on medieval English law profoundly shaped the modern study of legal history.
  • E. Crispin Wright
    Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
  • 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.