Triple

T5491860
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rector of Imperial College London E123720 entity
Predicate officeHeldBy P537 FINISHED
Object Eric Ash
Eric Ash was a British electrical engineer and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London and made significant contributions to ultrasonics and electronic engineering.
 E525714 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: Eric Ash | Statement: [Rector of Imperial College London, officeHeldBy, Eric Ash]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eric Ash
Context triple: [Rector of Imperial College London, officeHeldBy, Eric Ash]
  • A. Anthony Ashnault
    Anthony Ashnault is an American wrestler best known as a multiple-time All-American and NCAA champion for Rutgers University.
  • B. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • C. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • D. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • 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: Eric Ash
Triple: [Rector of Imperial College London, officeHeldBy, Eric Ash]
Generated description
Eric Ash was a British electrical engineer and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London and made significant contributions to ultrasonics and electronic engineering.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Eric Ash
Target entity description: Eric Ash was a British electrical engineer and academic leader who served as Rector of Imperial College London and made significant contributions to ultrasonics and electronic engineering.
  • A. Anthony Ashnault
    Anthony Ashnault is an American wrestler best known as a multiple-time All-American and NCAA champion for Rutgers University.
  • B. Glenn Shadix
    Glenn Shadix was an American character actor best known for his eccentric roles in films like "Beetlejuice" and various voice performances in animated works.
  • C. Michael Wells
    Michael Wells is a musician best known as a member of the American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts.
  • D. Ed Vargo
    Ed Vargo was a prominent Major League Baseball umpire who worked in the National League for over two decades and officiated multiple World Series and All-Star Games.
  • E. Matthew Shafer
    Matthew Shafer is an American writer known for his work on the animated series "Cowboy Bebop" and related projects.
  • 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_69bd464a2d908190869324ce176779c8 completed March 20, 2026, 1:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd9280403c8190baaa3f7923449a37 completed March 20, 2026, 6:31 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf9ae43c008190894493f58195bc22 completed March 22, 2026, 7:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf9b4c0de4819082f97950cf7b1d07 completed March 22, 2026, 7:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf9c26188c8190a740fb58ac7b1e6a completed March 22, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:10 p.m.