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]
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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."
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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.
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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.
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D.
William Black
William Black is a relatively common personal name shared by multiple individuals across various fields, including literature, business, and the arts.
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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.
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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.