Triple

T4362795
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Blackwood and Sons E98699 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object William Blackwood
William Blackwood was a Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for founding the influential 19th-century literary magazine Blackwood's Magazine.
E434379 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: William Blackwood | Statement: [William Blackwood and Sons, foundedBy, William Blackwood]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackwood
Context triple: [William Blackwood and Sons, foundedBy, William Blackwood]
  • A. Charles Mackay
    Charles Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and social commentator best known for his influential study of mass psychology and financial manias in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."
  • B. James Smyth
    James Smyth was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
  • C. James Fergusson
    James Fergusson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and politician who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including as a governor in British India.
  • D. William Black
    William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
  • E. Richard Bright
    Richard Bright was a 19th-century English physician best known as a pioneer of nephrology for his landmark work on kidney disease.
  • 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: William Blackwood
Triple: [William Blackwood and Sons, foundedBy, William Blackwood]
Generated description
William Blackwood was a Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for founding the influential 19th-century literary magazine Blackwood's Magazine.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Blackwood
Target entity description: William Blackwood was a Scottish publisher and bookseller best known for founding the influential 19th-century literary magazine Blackwood's Magazine.
  • A. Charles Mackay
    Charles Mackay was a 19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and social commentator best known for his influential study of mass psychology and financial manias in "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds."
  • B. James Smyth
    James Smyth was a 19th-century mountaineer known for participating in the first ascent of Dufourspitze, the highest peak in Switzerland and the Monte Rosa massif.
  • C. James Fergusson
    James Fergusson was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and politician who served in several high-ranking imperial posts, including as a governor in British India.
  • D. William Black
    William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
  • E. Richard Bright
    Richard Bright was a 19th-century English physician best known as a pioneer of nephrology for his landmark work on kidney disease.
  • 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_69b3454c772081908e20173e379e8ebe completed March 12, 2026, 10:59 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b351e5ee308190a9271e73689b4a2b completed March 12, 2026, 11:53 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5dbc68534819095ce62645ca79eff completed March 14, 2026, 10:05 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5df8336e881908c875b8411c2fe4d completed March 14, 2026, 10:21 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5e0ded0288190b615364e9ae10821 completed March 14, 2026, 10:27 p.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:16 p.m.