Triple

T4967291
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Aberdeen Grammar School E111558 entity
Predicate hasNotableAlumnus P51 FINISHED
Object Sir William Davidson Niven
Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E486481 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 William Davidson Niven | Statement: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir William Davidson Niven]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Davidson Niven
Context triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir William Davidson Niven]
  • A. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • B. Sir John Woodward Brown
    Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
  • C. Isaac Bayley Balfour
    Isaac Bayley Balfour was a prominent Scottish botanist and academic known for his contributions to plant taxonomy and his tenure as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  • D. Sir John Woodroffe
    Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
  • E. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • 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 William Davidson Niven
Triple: [Aberdeen Grammar School, hasNotableAlumnus, Sir William Davidson Niven]
Generated description
Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir William Davidson Niven
Target entity description: Sir William Davidson Niven was a Scottish mathematician and physicist best known for editing and promoting the works of James Clerk Maxwell and for his contributions to mathematical education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. Sir William Martin
    Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.
  • B. Sir John Woodward Brown
    Sir John Woodward Brown was a distinguished British figure, likely recognized for notable contributions in public or professional life and remembered as an eminent former pupil of Chigwell School.
  • C. Isaac Bayley Balfour
    Isaac Bayley Balfour was a prominent Scottish botanist and academic known for his contributions to plant taxonomy and his tenure as Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
  • D. Sir John Woodroffe
    Sir John Woodroffe was a British Orientalist, jurist, and scholar best known for his influential English translations and interpretations of Hindu Tantric texts under the pseudonym Arthur Avalon.
  • E. Sir John Willison
    Sir John Willison was a prominent Canadian journalist and newspaper editor known for his influential role in early 20th-century political and public affairs.
  • 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_69bd4419393c819086319a6fe4bf8542 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd71f8f550819099235511ca271e2d completed March 20, 2026, 4:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be92489ae481909240f2ad20637649 completed March 21, 2026, 12:42 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be9466f7908190996e30c7c1e34595 completed March 21, 2026, 12:51 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be94c06bfc81908921472983592d8d completed March 21, 2026, 12:53 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:32 p.m.