Triple

T4291878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Corpus E99611 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumni P51 FINISHED
Object Sir John Polkinghorne
Sir John Polkinghorne was a British theoretical physicist and Anglican priest renowned for his influential work at the intersection of science and religion.
E429687 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: Sir John Polkinghorne | Statement: [Corpus, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Polkinghorne]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Polkinghorne
Context triple: [Corpus, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Polkinghorne]
  • A. Keith Ward
    Keith Ward is a music video director best known for directing the video for Brandy's hit single "I Wanna Be Down."
  • B. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • C. Denis Noble
    Denis Noble is a British physiologist renowned for pioneering work in systems biology and cardiac cell modeling, and for his influential critiques of gene-centric views of biology.
  • D. Alan J. W. Bell
    Alan J. W. Bell is a British television producer and director best known for his long-running work on the BBC comedy series "Last of the Summer Wine."
  • E. Sir John Wheeler
    Sir John Wheeler is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles, notably in the Northern Ireland Office.
  • 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: Sir John Polkinghorne
Triple: [Corpus, hasNotableAlumni, Sir John Polkinghorne]
Generated description
Sir John Polkinghorne was a British theoretical physicist and Anglican priest renowned for his influential work at the intersection of science and religion.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Polkinghorne
Target entity description: Sir John Polkinghorne was a British theoretical physicist and Anglican priest renowned for his influential work at the intersection of science and religion.
  • A. Keith Ward
    Keith Ward is a music video director best known for directing the video for Brandy's hit single "I Wanna Be Down."
  • B. John D. Barrow
    John D. Barrow was a British cosmologist, theoretical physicist, and popular science author known for his influential work on the anthropic principle and the mathematical structure of the universe.
  • C. Denis Noble
    Denis Noble is a British physiologist renowned for pioneering work in systems biology and cardiac cell modeling, and for his influential critiques of gene-centric views of biology.
  • D. Alan J. W. Bell
    Alan J. W. Bell is a British television producer and director best known for his long-running work on the BBC comedy series "Last of the Summer Wine."
  • E. Sir John Wheeler
    Sir John Wheeler is a British Conservative politician who served as a Member of Parliament and held ministerial roles, notably in the Northern Ireland Office.
  • 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_69b3455175088190aa79c6e03b86647e completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b3508035a08190b752c8edce0aff86 completed March 12, 2026, 11:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5c739df2c8190af6f8d9bf36afca8 completed March 14, 2026, 8:38 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5cb0529f881908ec004a07c47306e completed March 14, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5cba3a41481908622509478184052 completed March 14, 2026, 8:57 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:08 p.m.