Triple
T3900747
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | OCLC |
E90481
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
|
E397629
|
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: Fred Kilgour | Statement: [OCLC, foundedBy, Fred Kilgour]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Kilgour Context triple: [OCLC, foundedBy, Fred Kilgour]
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A.
Donald Meek
Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
-
B.
Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
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C.
Charlie Graham
Charlie Graham is the troubled young daughter whose eerie behavior and tragic fate drive much of the psychological and supernatural horror in the film "Hereditary."
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D.
John Anglin
John Anglin was a real-life American bank robber best known as one of the three inmates who carried out the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
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E.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
- 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: Fred Kilgour Triple: [OCLC, foundedBy, Fred Kilgour]
Generated description
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fred Kilgour Target entity description: Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
-
A.
Donald Meek
Donald Meek was a Scottish-born American character actor known for his distinctive, mild-mannered roles in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.
-
B.
Andrew Macdonald
Andrew Macdonald is a British film producer best known for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle on acclaimed films such as "Trainspotting" and "28 Days Later."
-
C.
Charlie Graham
Charlie Graham is the troubled young daughter whose eerie behavior and tragic fate drive much of the psychological and supernatural horror in the film "Hereditary."
-
D.
John Anglin
John Anglin was a real-life American bank robber best known as one of the three inmates who carried out the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
-
E.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
- 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_69aed95d315881908cbf1bf4a7215fbf |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeecf2f230819099abc109a0b7d916 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:53 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b51ca477a081908b7e6d2701833413 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b51dc74d6c819082d1cf4c8a5d3aba |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:35 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b51e27ce588190a9aa93f2fd063fad |
completed | March 14, 2026, 8:36 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:21 p.m.