Triple
T4945768
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sandford Fleming |
E111045
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entity |
| Predicate | givenName |
P17
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Sandford
Sandford is the given name of Sandford Fleming, the Canadian engineer and inventor best known for proposing worldwide standard time zones.
|
E481230
|
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: Sandford | Statement: [Sandford Fleming, givenName, Sandford]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandford Context triple: [Sandford Fleming, givenName, Sandford]
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A.
Stopford
Stopford refers to Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Burma Campaign of World War II, particularly noted for his command in the Southeast Asian theater.
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B.
Wilford
Wilford is a masculine given name most notably associated with American actor Wilford Brimley.
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C.
Reydon
Reydon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk, located near the coastal town of Southwold.
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D.
Snodland
Snodland is a small town in Kent, England, known historically for its cement and paper industries and its location between Maidstone and Rochester.
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E.
Southwold
Southwold is a small seaside town and popular tourist resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England, known for its pier, beach huts, and historic lighthouse.
- 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: Sandford Triple: [Sandford Fleming, givenName, Sandford]
Generated description
Sandford is the given name of Sandford Fleming, the Canadian engineer and inventor best known for proposing worldwide standard time zones.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandford Target entity description: Sandford is the given name of Sandford Fleming, the Canadian engineer and inventor best known for proposing worldwide standard time zones.
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A.
Stopford
Stopford refers to Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, a British Army officer who played a key leadership role in the Burma Campaign of World War II, particularly noted for his command in the Southeast Asian theater.
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B.
Wilford
Wilford is a masculine given name most notably associated with American actor Wilford Brimley.
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C.
Reydon
Reydon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk, located near the coastal town of Southwold.
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D.
Snodland
Snodland is a small town in Kent, England, known historically for its cement and paper industries and its location between Maidstone and Rochester.
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E.
Southwold
Southwold is a small seaside town and popular tourist resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England, known for its pier, beach huts, and historic lighthouse.
- 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_69bd441721cc819085c7e33fe0876818 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd70aa890c81908e685ec5e88cae1f |
completed | March 20, 2026, 4:07 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be77c6566c8190b0c76c05b9d82053 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be78ac2d888190b53d90452431263f |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be79a6634c8190bae1fa09eedd6829 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 10:57 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:31 p.m.