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]
  • 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
  • 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.