Triple
T3670838
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Needham |
E77874
|
entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Noel
Noel is the given name of Joseph Needham, the renowned British biochemist and historian of Chinese science and technology.
|
E376859
|
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: Noel | Statement: [Joseph Needham, givenName, Noel]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Context triple: [Joseph Needham, givenName, Noel]
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A.
Noel
Noel is the middle name of Charles Noel Carnegie, the 10th Earl of Southesk, a Scottish nobleman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Noel
"Noel" is a critically acclaimed episode of *The West Wing* centered on Josh Lyman’s struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder during the holiday season.
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C.
Jonathan Noel
Jonathan Noel is the husband of writer and producer Sasha Sagan, daughter of famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
Holly
Holly is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the holly tree and often associated with Christmas.
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E.
Holly
Holly is the circus aerialist portrayed by Betty Hutton in the 1952 film "The Greatest Show on Earth."
- 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: Noel Triple: [Joseph Needham, givenName, Noel]
Generated description
Noel is the given name of Joseph Needham, the renowned British biochemist and historian of Chinese science and technology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noel Target entity description: Noel is the given name of Joseph Needham, the renowned British biochemist and historian of Chinese science and technology.
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A.
Noel
Noel is the middle name of Charles Noel Carnegie, the 10th Earl of Southesk, a Scottish nobleman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Noel
"Noel" is a critically acclaimed episode of *The West Wing* centered on Josh Lyman’s struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder during the holiday season.
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C.
Jonathan Noel
Jonathan Noel is the husband of writer and producer Sasha Sagan, daughter of famed astronomer Carl Sagan.
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D.
Holly
Holly is a feminine given name of English origin, derived from the holly tree and often associated with Christmas.
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E.
Holly
Holly is the circus aerialist portrayed by Betty Hutton in the 1952 film "The Greatest Show on Earth."
- 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_69ad85e083008190b2e1b7085fe500bd |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc42c96648190abbd5d23b25d6a6b |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b48850515c8190bdb9ddcfc0a13f4e |
completed | March 13, 2026, 9:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b48b55ad8081909166e7418cdf0f06 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b48e1ff9fc8190bb2559b9e55ea2b8 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 10:22 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:25 p.m.