Triple
T4729842
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | David Alan Stevenson |
E104978
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object | David Alan Stevenson |
E104978
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: David Alan Stevenson | Statement: [David Alan Stevenson, fullName, David Alan Stevenson]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Alan Stevenson Context triple: [David Alan Stevenson, fullName, David Alan Stevenson]
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A.
David Alan Stevenson
chosen
David Alan Stevenson was a prominent Scottish civil engineer and lighthouse designer from the famous Stevenson family, responsible for many lighthouses around the Scottish coast in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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B.
Randal A. Ball
Randal A. Ball is an individual notable enough to be specifically cited as a bearer of the surname Ball, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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C.
Dorion Sagan
Dorion Sagan is an American science writer and essayist known for his works on evolution, ecology, and complexity, and for coauthoring influential books with his mother, biologist Lynn Margulis.
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D.
Robin Chapman
Robin Chapman is a British screenwriter and novelist known for his work on films and television dramas, including the war film "Force 10 from Navarone."
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E.
Michael L. Riordan
Michael L. Riordan is an American physician and entrepreneur best known as the founding CEO of the biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd43ed84648190ae0b7ee8e8d00482 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd646135c881909030c21a163cc619 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be10a4bc0481908935278afb13503d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 3:29 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:19 p.m.