Triple
T5430339
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hicks |
E121469
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Mitchinson Hicks
William Mitchinson Hicks was a British mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to fluid dynamics and for serving as a prominent academic leader at the University of Sheffield.
|
E519600
|
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: William Mitchinson Hicks | Statement: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, William Mitchinson Hicks]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mitchinson Hicks Context triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, William Mitchinson Hicks]
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A.
Will Hutton
Will Hutton is a British political economist, journalist, and author known for his influential commentary on economic policy and social democracy.
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B.
Harold Julian Amery
Harold Julian Amery, known as Julian Amery, was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister who served in several key government posts during the mid-20th century.
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C.
William Vernon Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt was a prominent 19th-century British Liberal politician and lawyer who served as Home Secretary and twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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D.
Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
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E.
Bernard Loftus
Bernard Loftus was a film editor known for his work on early 20th-century cinema, including the British crime film "Daughter of Shanghai."
- 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: William Mitchinson Hicks Triple: [Hicks, hasNotableBearer, William Mitchinson Hicks]
Generated description
William Mitchinson Hicks was a British mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to fluid dynamics and for serving as a prominent academic leader at the University of Sheffield.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Mitchinson Hicks Target entity description: William Mitchinson Hicks was a British mathematician and physicist known for his contributions to fluid dynamics and for serving as a prominent academic leader at the University of Sheffield.
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A.
Will Hutton
Will Hutton is a British political economist, journalist, and author known for his influential commentary on economic policy and social democracy.
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B.
Harold Julian Amery
Harold Julian Amery, known as Julian Amery, was a prominent British Conservative politician and minister who served in several key government posts during the mid-20th century.
-
C.
William Vernon Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt was a prominent 19th-century British Liberal politician and lawyer who served as Home Secretary and twice as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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D.
Henry Marshall Tory
Henry Marshall Tory was a Canadian academic and university administrator best known for helping establish several major Canadian universities, including serving as the founding president of the University of Alberta.
-
E.
Bernard Loftus
Bernard Loftus was a film editor known for his work on early 20th-century cinema, including the British crime film "Daughter of Shanghai."
- 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_69bd463c65f0819082ee6483ab4b466a |
completed | March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd883e5e10819091e159dfd245e94d |
completed | March 20, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bf3ac6285081909afa6e91a023f6d5 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:41 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bf3c43ffe88190b8d2a10ea8a9a455 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:48 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bf3ce7d6388190a9cd22f76f4420e0 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 12:50 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.