Triple
T4909897
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | James Blair |
E110205
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Blair
Blair is a Scottish-origin surname commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
|
E392457
|
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: Blair | Statement: [James Blair, familyName, Blair]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blair Context triple: [James Blair, familyName, Blair]
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A.
John
John is the given name of the 19th-century British philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill, a key figure in liberal thought and utilitarianism.
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B.
John
John is a male individual sharing the given name "John" with his younger brother, John Pitt.
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C.
John
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who was elevated to the peerage by King Charles II.
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D.
John
John is the given name of Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies, best known for his roles in the Indiana Jones and The Lord of the Rings film series.
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E.
John
John is the husband of Martha Rainsborough.
- 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: Blair Triple: [James Blair, familyName, Blair]
Generated description
Blair is a Scottish-origin surname commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Blair Target entity description: Blair is a Scottish-origin surname commonly borne by individuals and families in English-speaking countries.
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A.
Blair
Blair is a central character in Bret Easton Ellis's novel "Less Than Zero," known as the beautiful, emotionally detached girlfriend of the protagonist amid Los Angeles's hedonistic, disaffected youth culture.
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B.
Blair
chosen
Blair is the surname of Ezell Blair Jr., a civil rights activist best known as one of the Greensboro Four who initiated the 1960 Woolworth's lunch counter sit-ins.
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C.
John
John is the given name of the 19th-century British philosopher and political economist John Stuart Mill, a key figure in liberal thought and utilitarianism.
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D.
John
John is a male individual sharing the given name "John" with his younger brother, John Pitt.
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E.
John
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk, was a 17th-century Scottish nobleman and royalist who was elevated to the peerage by King Charles II.
- F. None of above.
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_69bd44132b94819088522d92beaadc78 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6e99414081908c3d3283f563bba4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:58 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be779ed15481908366b5e22c9960e6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be781aa8648190a58587e6f3e04e11 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:51 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be78a0bdc88190bd8458658f15f879 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:29 p.m.