Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neil Johnston E124432 entity
Predicate fullName P16 FINISHED
Object Donald Neil Johnston
Donald Neil Johnston, better known as Neil Johnston, was an American Hall of Fame professional basketball center who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s.
E558819 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: Donald Neil Johnston | Statement: [Neil Johnston, fullName, Donald Neil Johnston]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Neil Johnston
Context triple: [Neil Johnston, fullName, Donald Neil Johnston]
  • A. Donald William Johnston
    Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Donald Johnston
    Donald Johnston was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Laphroaig whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • C. Gordon McIlwham
    Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
  • D. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • E. Don Johnston
    Don Johnston is the jaded, middle-aged former Don Juan portrayed by Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch’s film "Broken Flowers," who embarks on a reluctant road trip to revisit past lovers after receiving an anonymous letter about a possible son.
  • 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: Donald Neil Johnston
Triple: [Neil Johnston, fullName, Donald Neil Johnston]
Generated description
Donald Neil Johnston, better known as Neil Johnston, was an American Hall of Fame professional basketball center who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Donald Neil Johnston
Target entity description: Donald Neil Johnston, better known as Neil Johnston, was an American Hall of Fame professional basketball center who starred for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1950s.
  • A. Donald William Johnston
    Donald William Johnston, better known as Bob Johnston, was an American record producer renowned for his work with iconic artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, and Leonard Cohen in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • B. Donald Johnston
    Donald Johnston was a 19th-century Scottish distiller best known for establishing the Laphroaig whisky distillery on the island of Islay.
  • C. Gordon McIlwham
    Gordon McIlwham is a former Scottish rugby union player, best known for his role as a prop and for representing Scotland at international level.
  • D. Robert McMillan
    Robert McMillan was a historical figure known as the original owner of the ship Balclutha, a notable sailing vessel from the late 19th century.
  • E. Don Johnston
    Don Johnston is the jaded, middle-aged former Don Juan portrayed by Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch’s film "Broken Flowers," who embarks on a reluctant road trip to revisit past lovers after receiving an anonymous letter about a possible son.
  • 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_69c00825df388190a58742fa9b1aa33d completed March 22, 2026, 3:17 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c022d1534c8190ac4828e44300fb91 completed March 22, 2026, 5:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c0e31f570c8190aa120e869fd16fd0 completed March 23, 2026, 6:52 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c0f8bbcc2c8190abdfda7331d9e6b2 completed March 23, 2026, 8:24 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c0f9602ee88190bc4caeb15f5c721f completed March 23, 2026, 8:27 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:42 p.m.