Triple

T2778659
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 Alison Bashford
Alison Bashford is a prominent Australian historian known for her influential work on global history, environmental history, and the history of science, medicine, and population.
E301848 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: Alison Bashford | Statement: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Alison Bashford]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alison Bashford
Context triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Alison Bashford]
  • A. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
    Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
  • B. Tania Rodger
    Tania Rodger is a New Zealand creative producer and co-founder of the acclaimed special effects and prop design company Weta Workshop, known for its work on major film franchises such as The Lord of the Rings.
  • C. Anne Plotkin
    Anne Plotkin is known as the first wife of American actor, director, and writer Harold Ramis.
  • D. Gillian Siddall
    Gillian Siddall is a Canadian academic and university administrator who serves as president of Lakehead University.
  • E. Alison Owen
    Alison Owen is a British film producer known for acclaimed works such as "Elizabeth," "Shaun of the Dead," and "Saving Mr. Banks."
  • 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: Alison Bashford
Triple: [Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge, hasNotableHolder, Alison Bashford]
Generated description
Alison Bashford is a prominent Australian historian known for her influential work on global history, environmental history, and the history of science, medicine, and population.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alison Bashford
Target entity description: Alison Bashford is a prominent Australian historian known for her influential work on global history, environmental history, and the history of science, medicine, and population.
  • A. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
    Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian public servant and former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations who has served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
  • B. Tania Rodger
    Tania Rodger is a New Zealand creative producer and co-founder of the acclaimed special effects and prop design company Weta Workshop, known for its work on major film franchises such as The Lord of the Rings.
  • C. Anne Plotkin
    Anne Plotkin is known as the first wife of American actor, director, and writer Harold Ramis.
  • D. Gillian Siddall
    Gillian Siddall is a Canadian academic and university administrator who serves as president of Lakehead University.
  • E. Alison Owen
    Alison Owen is a British film producer known for acclaimed works such as "Elizabeth," "Shaun of the Dead," and "Saving Mr. Banks."
  • 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_69afce8c2a088190824c1a720db05382 completed March 10, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcf7cc6f08190aefbe07ef51f1928 completed March 10, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcfd803848190921f73fe1b15a01b completed March 10, 2026, 8:01 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.