Triple
T5382397
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Forth and Clyde Canal |
E113117
|
entity |
| Predicate | engineer |
P184
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Robert Whitworth
Robert Whitworth was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early development of the UK’s inland waterway network.
|
E516442
|
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: Robert Whitworth | Statement: [Forth and Clyde Canal, engineer, Robert Whitworth]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Whitworth Context triple: [Forth and Clyde Canal, engineer, Robert Whitworth]
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A.
John Whitfield
John Whitfield was the father of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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B.
William Whitehead
William Whitehead was an 18th-century English poet and playwright who served as Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1757 until his death.
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C.
William Walmsley
William Walmsley was a British entrepreneur and co-founder of the company that evolved into the Jaguar car marque.
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D.
Peter Whitney
Peter Whitney was an American character actor known for his burly physique and frequent roles as villains or tough guys in film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s.
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E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- 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: Robert Whitworth Triple: [Forth and Clyde Canal, engineer, Robert Whitworth]
Generated description
Robert Whitworth was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early development of the UK’s inland waterway network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Whitworth Target entity description: Robert Whitworth was an 18th-century British civil engineer known for his work on major canal projects during the early development of the UK’s inland waterway network.
-
A.
John Whitfield
John Whitfield was the father of Louise Whitfield Carnegie, who became the wife of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
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B.
William Whitehead
William Whitehead was an 18th-century English poet and playwright who served as Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1757 until his death.
-
C.
William Walmsley
William Walmsley was a British entrepreneur and co-founder of the company that evolved into the Jaguar car marque.
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D.
Peter Whitney
Peter Whitney was an American character actor known for his burly physique and frequent roles as villains or tough guys in film and television from the 1940s through the 1970s.
-
E.
William Dowdeswell
William Dowdeswell was an 18th-century British Whig politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and was a leading figure in the Rockingham Whig faction.
- 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_69bd4436a1988190af18dcff7fd306b4 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd86d163f88190939638d44fcb24a7 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:41 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf294cb9288190ab1400dae18332de |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:27 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf2a23ba1881909ddc549728bbc2d3 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:30 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf2e6d5f9081908327dff0058241f0 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 11:49 p.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:03 p.m.