Triple
T2922681
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Reith |
E78767
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John
John is the given name of John Reith, the influential first Director-General of the BBC who shaped early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
|
E312489
|
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: John | Statement: [John Reith, givenName, John]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Context triple: [John Reith, givenName, John]
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A.
John
John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
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B.
John
John is the given first name of J. Michael Bishop, the American immunologist and Nobel Prize–winning scientist known for his work on oncogenes.
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C.
John
John is the given name of John F. Sattler, likely referring to him in a more informal or abbreviated context.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John L. Lewis, the influential American labor leader who headed the United Mine Workers of America and helped shape the modern labor movement.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John Peter Altgeld, a prominent 19th-century American politician and reformist governor of Illinois.
- 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: John Triple: [John Reith, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of John Reith, the influential first Director-General of the BBC who shaped early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Target entity description: John is the given name of John Reith, the influential first Director-General of the BBC who shaped early public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
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A.
John
John is the given name of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, a prominent 19th-century British statesman and Prime Minister.
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B.
John
John is the given name of Sir John Anderson, a British civil servant and politician who played a key role in government during the early 20th century.
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C.
John
John is the given first name of the influential British computer scientist Robin Milner, known for his pioneering work in programming language theory and process calculi.
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D.
John
John is the given name of John Cockcroft, a pioneering British physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work on nuclear physics and particle acceleration.
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E.
John
John is the given name of John R. Pierce, an American engineer and scientist known for his pioneering work in communications and satellite technology.
- 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_69ad8b0c2ad081909ff87050ae542bb9 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad97bd65ac81909a05ea2bade113d0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b08664fe308190889e855821a32576 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 9 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b0c3b6deb48190acb90776d9305e02 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 1:21 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b0c41fb0c48190b94cd269c9789c6b |
completed | March 11, 2026, 1:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:54 p.m.