Triple
T4209978
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kerr |
E93876
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Kerr
John Kerr was a Scottish physicist best known for discovering the Kerr effect, a phenomenon in which the refractive index of a material changes in response to an applied electric field.
|
E421885
|
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: John Kerr | Statement: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, John Kerr]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Kerr Context triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, John Kerr]
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A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
Roy Urquhart
Roy Urquhart was a British Army major-general best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, particularly in the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944.
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C.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
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D.
Archibald Blair
Archibald Blair was a British naval officer and surveyor associated with the early colonial exploration and development of the Andaman Islands.
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E.
Archibald Murray
Archibald Murray was a British Army general best known for leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in Egypt and Palestine.
- 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: John Kerr Triple: [Kerr, hasNotableBearer, John Kerr]
Generated description
John Kerr was a Scottish physicist best known for discovering the Kerr effect, a phenomenon in which the refractive index of a material changes in response to an applied electric field.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Kerr Target entity description: John Kerr was a Scottish physicist best known for discovering the Kerr effect, a phenomenon in which the refractive index of a material changes in response to an applied electric field.
-
A.
Wilfred Urquhart
Wilfred Urquhart is a person notable for bearing the surname Urquhart, though specific widely known biographical details about him are not well documented.
-
B.
Roy Urquhart
Roy Urquhart was a British Army major-general best known for leading the 1st Airborne Division during World War II, particularly in the failed Operation Market Garden at Arnhem in 1944.
-
C.
James Ramsay
James Ramsay was an 18th-century Anglican clergyman and prominent British abolitionist who campaigned vigorously against the transatlantic slave trade.
-
D.
Archibald Blair
Archibald Blair was a British naval officer and surveyor associated with the early colonial exploration and development of the Andaman Islands.
-
E.
Archibald Murray
Archibald Murray was a British Army general best known for leading early British operations in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, particularly in Egypt and Palestine.
- 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_69b3451743608190808f41d17ccf2650 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69b34810de648190b09c5e705cf0a74e |
completed | March 12, 2026, 11:11 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b5962ec4f8819085bef81ce71aa132 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:09 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b596eb6c288190a63c61d5e71c609b |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:12 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b59788ef308190a34c2f23f22a7e4d |
completed | March 14, 2026, 5:14 p.m. |
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:03 p.m.