Triple

T4919545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirk’s dik-dik E110429 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Sir John Kirk
Sir John Kirk was a 19th-century Scottish physician, naturalist, and British diplomat best known for accompanying David Livingstone’s Zambezi expedition and contributing significantly to African exploration and natural history.
E479644 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 John Kirk | Statement: [Kirk’s dik-dik, namedAfter, Sir John Kirk]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Kirk
Context triple: [Kirk’s dik-dik, namedAfter, Sir John Kirk]
  • A. Edward Alderson
    Edward Alderson is a character in the television series "Mr. Robot," known as Elliot Alderson’s late father and a key figure whose past actions and legacy deeply influence Elliot’s life and psyche.
  • B. Archibald Geikie
    Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
  • C. James Glaisher
    James Glaisher was a 19th-century British meteorologist and pioneering aeronaut who made significant high-altitude balloon ascents to study the atmosphere.
  • D. Sir John Barrow
    Sir John Barrow was a British statesman, writer, and promoter of exploration who played a key role in advancing 19th-century geographical discovery and Arctic exploration.
  • E. Ferdinand Lyle
    Ferdinand Lyle is a charming, erudite Victorian Egyptologist and linguist who aids the protagonists in deciphering occult mysteries in the horror drama series "Penny Dreadful."
  • 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 John Kirk
Triple: [Kirk’s dik-dik, namedAfter, Sir John Kirk]
Generated description
Sir John Kirk was a 19th-century Scottish physician, naturalist, and British diplomat best known for accompanying David Livingstone’s Zambezi expedition and contributing significantly to African exploration and natural history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir John Kirk
Target entity description: Sir John Kirk was a 19th-century Scottish physician, naturalist, and British diplomat best known for accompanying David Livingstone’s Zambezi expedition and contributing significantly to African exploration and natural history.
  • A. Edward Alderson
    Edward Alderson is a character in the television series "Mr. Robot," known as Elliot Alderson’s late father and a key figure whose past actions and legacy deeply influence Elliot’s life and psyche.
  • B. Archibald Geikie
    Archibald Geikie was a prominent 19th–20th century Scottish geologist known for his influential work on igneous rocks, geological mapping, and for serving as Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
  • C. James Glaisher
    James Glaisher was a 19th-century British meteorologist and pioneering aeronaut who made significant high-altitude balloon ascents to study the atmosphere.
  • D. Sir John Barrow
    Sir John Barrow was a British statesman, writer, and promoter of exploration who played a key role in advancing 19th-century geographical discovery and Arctic exploration.
  • E. Ferdinand Lyle
    Ferdinand Lyle is a charming, erudite Victorian Egyptologist and linguist who aids the protagonists in deciphering occult mysteries in the horror drama series "Penny Dreadful."
  • 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_69bd4413f9908190afcff44d7929cc4c completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6faa78b88190938bee2f81025083 completed March 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be6ff4acd88190a308fbac84d3bad9 completed March 21, 2026, 10:16 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be724224a8819085c9989594741e06 completed March 21, 2026, 10:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be72f56c1c8190a80b6e1551289d84 completed March 21, 2026, 10:29 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:29 p.m.