Triple

T2816696
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford E54304 entity
Predicate hasNotableHolder P1918 FINISHED
Object Joseph Silk
Joseph Silk is a prominent British astrophysicist and cosmologist known for his influential work on the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, and galaxy formation.
 E300824 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: Joseph Silk | Statement: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Joseph Silk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Silk
Context triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Joseph Silk]
  • A. David Shackleton
    David Shackleton was a prominent British trade union leader and Labour politician who played a key role in the early development of the Labour movement in the United Kingdom.
  • B. Hugh Stewart
    Hugh Stewart was a British film producer and editor known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies and war films.
  • C. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was an American film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood films of the mid-20th century, including collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick and actor Kirk Douglas.
  • D. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the major record label Decca Records.
  • E. Giles Hopkins
    Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
  • 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: Joseph Silk
Triple: [Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, hasNotableHolder, Joseph Silk]
Generated description
Joseph Silk is a prominent British astrophysicist and cosmologist known for his influential work on the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, and galaxy formation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Joseph Silk
Target entity description: Joseph Silk is a prominent British astrophysicist and cosmologist known for his influential work on the early universe, cosmic microwave background radiation, and galaxy formation.
  • A. David Shackleton
    David Shackleton was a prominent British trade union leader and Labour politician who played a key role in the early development of the Labour movement in the United Kingdom.
  • B. Hugh Stewart
    Hugh Stewart was a British film producer and editor known for his work on mid-20th-century comedies and war films.
  • C. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was an American film producer best known for his work on major Hollywood films of the mid-20th century, including collaborations with director Stanley Kubrick and actor Kirk Douglas.
  • D. Edward Lewis
    Edward Lewis was a British music industry executive best known as the founder of the major record label Decca Records.
  • E. Giles Hopkins
    Giles Hopkins was a Mayflower passenger and early settler in Plymouth Colony, known as the son of fellow passenger Stephen Hopkins.
  • 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_69ab49de0af08190b3da69683be1e728 completed March 6, 2026, 9:40 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abde500d3c8190b435a20a0f9d3b9d completed March 7, 2026, 8:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afcea2386481908e062280eb5b07db completed March 10, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afcf12e3a0819098f28d31434a0c5f completed March 10, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afcf9c2d308190b111aa8038c9227a completed March 10, 2026, 8 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:59 p.m.