Triple
T4082287
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Magdalen College, Oxford |
E87502
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableAlumnus |
P51
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niall Ferguson |
E159444
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Niall Ferguson | Statement: [Magdalen College, Oxford, hasNotableAlumnus, Niall Ferguson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niall Ferguson Context triple: [Magdalen College, Oxford, hasNotableAlumnus, Niall Ferguson]
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A.
Niall Ferguson
chosen
Niall Ferguson is a British historian and author known for his works on economic and financial history, empire, and Western civilization.
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B.
Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is a composer and Christian music producer best known as the first husband and former musical collaborator of television personality Kathie Lee Gifford.
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C.
Orlando Figes
Orlando Figes is a British historian and author renowned for his influential works on Russian and European history.
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D.
Perry Anderson
Perry Anderson is a British historian and essayist known for his influential Marxist analyses of Western society, politics, and intellectual history, particularly through his long association with the New Left Review.
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E.
A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor was a prominent 20th-century British historian and broadcaster, known for his influential and often controversial works on European and diplomatic history.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69aed9435cf48190ad1da737c962d19d |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aefc77dab481909bcf197daf2def59 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b562c3e1b081908cd783d9399a751f |
completed | March 14, 2026, 1:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:39 p.m.