Triple
T4671446
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Southern Railway (UK) |
E102970
|
entity |
| Predicate | chairman |
P377
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sir Herbert Walker
Sir Herbert Walker was a prominent British railway administrator best known for modernizing and expanding the Southern Railway network in the early 20th century.
|
E462418
|
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 Herbert Walker | Statement: [Southern Railway (UK), chairman, Sir Herbert Walker]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Herbert Walker Context triple: [Southern Railway (UK), chairman, Sir Herbert Walker]
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A.
Harold Knox-Shaw
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
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B.
Hardwicke Rawnsley
Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
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C.
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
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D.
Sir Charles William Somerset Marling
Sir Charles William Somerset Marling is a British baronet and landowner best known as the father of singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
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E.
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, was a 19th-century British lawyer and Conservative politician who served twice as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
- 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 Herbert Walker Triple: [Southern Railway (UK), chairman, Sir Herbert Walker]
Generated description
Sir Herbert Walker was a prominent British railway administrator best known for modernizing and expanding the Southern Railway network in the early 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir Herbert Walker Target entity description: Sir Herbert Walker was a prominent British railway administrator best known for modernizing and expanding the Southern Railway network in the early 20th century.
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A.
Harold Knox-Shaw
Harold Knox-Shaw was a British astronomer known for his influential academic work and leadership in observational astronomy during the early 20th century.
-
B.
Hardwicke Rawnsley
Hardwicke Rawnsley was a British clergyman, conservationist, and social reformer best known as a co-founder of the National Trust and an early protector of the Lake District’s natural and cultural heritage.
-
C.
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
-
D.
Sir Charles William Somerset Marling
Sir Charles William Somerset Marling is a British baronet and landowner best known as the father of singer-songwriter Laura Marling.
-
E.
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford, was a 19th-century British lawyer and Conservative politician who served twice as Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom.
- 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd63506090819083ff8271adc5ef75 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be039538048190b4075daf47355cee |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be055390c08190a85f92aec34b390a |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:41 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05d277248190bf675151eca07247 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.