Triple
T3337750
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Orcadas Station |
E70180
|
entity |
| Predicate | expeditionLeaderAtFounding |
P47992
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
|
E349745
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: William Speirs Bruce | Statement: [Orcadas Station, expeditionLeaderAtFounding, William Speirs Bruce]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Speirs Bruce Context triple: [Orcadas Station, expeditionLeaderAtFounding, William Speirs Bruce]
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A.
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs, particularly major railroad stations and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
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B.
George Croom Robertson
George Croom Robertson was a 19th-century Scottish philosopher and academic known for his work in psychology and philosophy and for promoting empirical and scientific approaches to the study of mind.
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C.
Robert Heriot Barclay
Robert Heriot Barclay was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered British squadron against Oliver Hazard Perry’s forces during the War of 1812.
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D.
William Nairn Forbes
William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
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E.
Sir William Bruce
Sir William Bruce was a prominent 17th-century Scottish architect and country house designer credited with introducing and popularizing classical architecture in Scotland.
- 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: William Speirs Bruce Triple: [Orcadas Station, expeditionLeaderAtFounding, William Speirs Bruce]
Generated description
William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Speirs Bruce Target entity description: William Speirs Bruce was a Scottish naturalist and polar explorer best known for leading the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and making significant contributions to oceanography and Antarctic science.
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A.
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison
Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison was an American architect known for his Beaux-Arts–influenced designs, particularly major railroad stations and civic buildings in the early 20th century.
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B.
George Croom Robertson
George Croom Robertson was a 19th-century Scottish philosopher and academic known for his work in psychology and philosophy and for promoting empirical and scientific approaches to the study of mind.
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C.
Robert Heriot Barclay
Robert Heriot Barclay was a British Royal Navy officer best known for leading the outnumbered British squadron against Oliver Hazard Perry’s forces during the War of 1812.
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D.
William Nairn Forbes
William Nairn Forbes was a 19th-century British engineer and architect known for his prominent work on colonial-era buildings in India, particularly in Kolkata.
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E.
Sir William Bruce
Sir William Bruce was a prominent 17th-century Scottish architect and country house designer credited with introducing and popularizing classical architecture in Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: expeditionLeaderAtFounding Context triple: [Orcadas Station, expeditionLeaderAtFounding, William Speirs Bruce]
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A.
ownerAtFounding
Indicates that an entity is the owner of another entity at the time the latter is founded or established.
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B.
foundingAncestor
Indicates that one entity is the original progenitor or earliest known ancestor from whom another entity or lineage descends.
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C.
founderOfPredecessor
Indicates that an entity is the founder of another entity that served as a predecessor to a specified organization or institution.
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D.
firstPermanentSettler
Indicates that the subject is the earliest individual or group to establish a lasting, continuous residence in the location or entity specified by the object.
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E.
foundedAfterArrivalOf
Indicates that one entity was founded only after the arrival or appearance of another specified entity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69ad85a24f208190bcf83131bfed3521 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adb1bc31b4819085f01e0b5a7cbc5d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 5:28 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b31a8ad1a8819081d7ad2a48e2c5b9 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b31c3aaba48190b203e344d71080f3 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b31da28a04819096e7ced5f123592a |
completed | March 12, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69ada42c2ba8819091136805ce17b39d |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:30 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69adaa518ac88190b64f949ace018ab7 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:12 p.m.