Triple
T4806722
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bob Johnston |
E106965
|
entity |
| Predicate | fullName |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Donald William Johnston
Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
|
E472161
|
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: Donald William Johnston | Statement: [Bob Johnston, fullName, Donald William Johnston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald William Johnston Context triple: [Bob Johnston, fullName, Donald William Johnston]
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A.
Thomas Sutherland
Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
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B.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
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C.
David T. Botterell
David T. Botterell was a prominent Canadian neurosurgeon and academic leader whose contributions to medicine and medical education led to a major university building being named in his honor.
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D.
Kenneth Macgowan
Kenneth Macgowan was an American film and theater producer and critic known for his influential work in early 20th-century cinema and stage production.
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E.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
- 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: Donald William Johnston Triple: [Bob Johnston, fullName, Donald William Johnston]
Generated description
Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald William Johnston Target entity description: Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
-
A.
Thomas Sutherland
Thomas Sutherland was a 19th-century Scottish banker best known for founding the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), which grew into one of the world’s largest banking institutions.
-
B.
Fred Kilgour
Fred Kilgour was an American librarian and information scientist best known for pioneering online library cataloging and founding the OCLC cooperative.
-
C.
David T. Botterell
David T. Botterell was a prominent Canadian neurosurgeon and academic leader whose contributions to medicine and medical education led to a major university building being named in his honor.
-
D.
Kenneth Macgowan
Kenneth Macgowan was an American film and theater producer and critic known for his influential work in early 20th-century cinema and stage production.
-
E.
Bruce McCulloch
Bruce McCulloch is a Canadian actor, writer, and comedian best known as one of the core members of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.
- 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_69bd43f6a1e08190bf0a372bfc336ee5 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6c69099c8190956b6df42bb922c8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:48 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be4da2a1808190bd8d0c073e4bad07 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be4e61a9a8819096e3c4ba7612de85 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be4f0d51ac819097636aaf2429f317 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 7:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:23 p.m.