Triple

T2927444
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Roger Scruton E78878 entity
Predicate doctoralAdvisor P167 FINISHED
Object Michael Tanner
Michael Tanner is a British philosopher and scholar, particularly known for his work on aesthetics and opera, who supervised Roger Scruton’s doctoral studies.
E313207 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: Michael Tanner | Statement: [Roger Scruton, doctoralAdvisor, Michael Tanner]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tanner
Context triple: [Roger Scruton, doctoralAdvisor, Michael Tanner]
  • A. Michael Athans
    Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
  • B. Christian Ross
    Christian Ross was the wife of Scottish poet Allan Ramsay, known primarily through her connection to the influential 18th-century literary figure.
  • C. W. Blake Herron
    W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
  • D. Christopher Ross
    Christopher Ross is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "Yesterday" and other contemporary feature productions.
  • E. Joshua Russaw
    Joshua Russaw is the son of American R&B singer Faith Evans and her former husband, music producer Todd Russaw.
  • 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: Michael Tanner
Triple: [Roger Scruton, doctoralAdvisor, Michael Tanner]
Generated description
Michael Tanner is a British philosopher and scholar, particularly known for his work on aesthetics and opera, who supervised Roger Scruton’s doctoral studies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michael Tanner
Target entity description: Michael Tanner is a British philosopher and scholar, particularly known for his work on aesthetics and opera, who supervised Roger Scruton’s doctoral studies.
  • A. Michael Athans
    Michael Athans was a prominent control theorist and MIT professor known for his pioneering contributions to modern control theory and systems engineering.
  • B. Christian Ross
    Christian Ross was the wife of Scottish poet Allan Ramsay, known primarily through her connection to the influential 18th-century literary figure.
  • C. W. Blake Herron
    W. Blake Herron was an American screenwriter best known for co-writing the hit espionage thriller film "The Bourne Identity."
  • D. Christopher Ross
    Christopher Ross is a British cinematographer known for his visually distinctive work on films such as "Yesterday" and other contemporary feature productions.
  • E. Joshua Russaw
    Joshua Russaw is the son of American R&B singer Faith Evans and her former husband, music producer Todd Russaw.
  • 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_69ad8b0d40b481908bc2a5fa2e73c3fb completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad97fd89d88190bc7db4b39058ae3a completed March 8, 2026, 3:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b0fc67bea881908bfd8122e2a632f8 completed March 11, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b0fd4ec8c48190ad6cfd2b2b2c5425 completed March 11, 2026, 5:27 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0fda9e3e08190a765ebd814de8466 completed March 11, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:55 p.m.